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Object Type
Museum number: 1861,1106.8
Denomination: aureus
Description: Gold coin. (whole); Head of Constantius I, laureate, right. (obverse); The two Dioscuri, naked except for chlamys seen falling wide behind, helmeted, with stars above, facing front, head right, and front, holding sceptres at sides in right hands. (reverse)
State
Authority
Cultures/periods
Production date: 294-305
Production place: Minted in: Aquileia
Materials
Dimensions: Die-axis: 12 o'clock; Weight: 5.240 grammes
$Inscriptions
Bibliographic references: PCR / Principal coins of the Romans: Volume I: The Republic c. 290 - 31 BC; Volume II: The Principate 31 BC - AD 296; Volume III: The Dominate AD 294 - 498. (1171); RIC6 / The Roman Imperial Coinage, vol. 6: from Diocletian's reform (AD 294) to the death of Maximinus (AD 313) (1, p.310) (type)
Location: Not on display
Subjects: emperor/empress; allegory/personification; classical deity
Associated names: Named in inscription & portrayed: Constantius I; Representation of: Dioskouroi/Dioscuri
Acquisition name
Acquisition date: 1861
Department: Coins and Medals
Registration number: 1861,1106.8

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