Coin: æ follis

Museum number:

8-7092

Permalink:

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Alternate number:

8-6534 (original number)

Accession number:

Acc.892

Object count:

1

Description:

Coin: Aes Folles; Æ; type: R1; size: 16.5 mm; weight: 1.35 grams; condition: fair. Obverse: (B5)bust laureate, turned right, (draped?), wearing a cuirass. Inscription: CONSTANTINUS IUN NOB C. Reverse: Two soldiers, helmeted, standing looking at one another, reversed spear in outer hands, inner hands on shield resting on ground; between them one standard. Inscription: GLO-IA EXERC-ITUS; SMNA (N in mint mark reversed or wrong attribution).

Donor:

University of California Library

Collection place:

Nicomedia (ancient city), Bithynia

Production place:

Nicomedia (ancient city), Bithynia

Culture or time period:

Constantinian Dynasty (313–363 AD)

Collector:

unknown

Collection date:

unknown

Materials:

Bronze (metal)

Person depicted:

Constantius II (Emperor of Rome)

Inscription:

Reverse legend: GLOR-IA EXERC-ITVS, Obverse legend: CONSTANTINVS IVN NOB C, and Reverse exergue: SMNA

Object type:

archaeology

Function:

7.5 Issued Currency and Associated Containers

Production date:

336-337 AD

Accession date:

1946

Department:

Cat. 8 - Classical Mediterranean regions

Dimensions:

weight 1.35 grams and linear 16.5 millimeters

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