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Object Type
Museum number: 1867,0101.879
Denomination: aureus (double)
Description: Gold coin. (whole); Bust of Constantius I, with slight drapery visible on left shoulder, head, laureate, right. (obverse); Emperor, in military dress, standing right, holding transverse spear in right hand and globe on extended left hand. (reverse)
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Cultures/periods
Production date: 293-306
Production place: Minted in: Rome (city)
Materials
Dimensions: Die-axis: 12 o'clock; Weight: 12.830 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. (1102); Gnecchi 1912 Vol. I / I Medaglioni Romani: Volume Primo: Oro ed Argento (3, p.13)
Location: Not on display
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Previous owner: Previous owner/ex-collection: Louis, Duc de Blacas d'Aulps; Previous owner/ex-collection: Cardinal Alessandro Albani; Previous owner/ex-collection: Apostolo Zeno (?)
Acquisition date: 1867
Acquisition notes: Apostolo Zeno sold a total of four gold medallions to cardinal Albani: one of Gallienus, one of Constantius Chlorus, another of Valens and one distater of Alexander the Great. These are mentioned in the book: Antiqua numismata maximi moduli Aurea, Argentea, Aerea, ex Museo Alexandri S.R.E. Card. Albani in Vaticanam Bibliothecam a Clemente XII Pont Opt Max translata (…), published in two volumes between 1739 and 1744. (See R. Tomassoni, 'Two gold medallions of the Apostolo Zeno Collection in the British Museum' in Online Zeitschrift zur Antiken Numismatik, Bd. 3 (2021), 29-36. DOI: https://doi.org/10.17879/ozean-2021-3418)
Department: Coins and Medals
Registration number: 1867,0101.879

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