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ID number:  BIRBI-R3093
Object type:  Coin
Institution:  The Barber Institute of Fine Arts
Named collection:  G. Haines Collection
Collector:  Haines, Geoffrey
Maker:  Constantine I; Nikomedia
Denomination:  Follis
Place made:  Izmit
Culture:  Roman
Date made:  330-335
Metal:  Base Metal
Diameter (cm):  1.90
Weight (g):  2.84
Axis (degrees):  180.00
Provenance:  Haines 3281. Ex P. D. Whitting Collection, 1957.
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Description:  Obverse: Bust of Constantinopolis l. laureate and draped, wearing plumed helmet, sceptre over r. shoulder. Reverse: Victoria standing on prow l., spear in r. hand and shield in l. hand set on ground.

Inscriptions:  Obverse: CONSTAN TINOPOLI (Constantinople). Reverse: None. Mint Mark: SMNB.

Bibliography:  RIC VII 196

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Constantine I
Roman
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Nikomedia
Roman; Byzantine


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Haines, Geoffrey Colton
British
1899
1981-09-14
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