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A work made of bronze.

Coin Portraying Emperor Constantius I

305-306

Roman

Roman Empire

The front (obverse) of this coin portrays the head of Emperor Constantius I, facing right. The back (reverse) depicts Genius, standing to the left, wearing a modius (hat), holding a patera (dish), from which liquid flows. In the other hand is a cornucopiae.

Bronze

Arts of Greece, Rome, and Byzantium