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Coin: æ
Museum number:
8-5512
Permalink:
ark:/21549/hm21080005512
Accession number:
Acc.895
Description:
Coin; AE; Roman. 8.9 grams, 25 mm. Flavius Magnus Magnentius, 351-353 AD. Amiens, France. Obverse: DNMAGNENTIVS PF AVG, bust r. draped. Reverse: SALVS DD NN AVG ET CAES, monogram of Christ; in field, A W; in exergue, AMB.
Donor:
University of California Library
Collection place:
Amiens, Picardy, France
Production place:
Amiens, Picardy, France
Culture or time period:
Julio-Claudian Dynasty (27 BC–68 AD)
Collector:
Benjamin Ide Wheeler
Collection date:
unknown
Materials:
Bronze (metal)
Person depicted:
Magnentius (Emperor of Rome)
Inscription:
Reverse legend: SALVSDDNNAVGETCAES, Reverse exergue: AMB, and Obverse legend: DN MAGNETIUS PF AVG
Object type:
archaeology
Object class:
Coins (money)
Function:
7.5 Issued Currency and Associated Containers
Production date:
351-353 AD
Accession date:
1946
Department:
Classical Mediterranean
Dimensions:
linear 25 millimeters and weight 8.9 grams
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