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ID number: BIRBI-R2821 Object type: Coin
Institution: The Barber Institute of Fine Arts Named collection: G. Haines Collection Collector: Haines, Geoffrey Maker: Constantine I; Galerius; Kyzikos Denomination: Follis Place made: Eurasia: Mysia, Kyzikos Culture: Roman Date made: 311 Metal: Base metal Diameter (cm): 2.45 Weight (g): 7.35 Axis (degrees): 180.00 Provenance: Haines 3268. Ex P. D. Whitting Collection (purchased at special price of 1/- each), 1957. |
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Description: Obverse: Head of Constantine, wearing laurel wreath and moustache, facing r. Reverse: Jupiter, naked but cloaked, standing facing l., holding globe in r. and sceptre in l.; eagle with wreath in beak at feet, to l.
Inscriptions: Obverse: FL VHL CONSTHNTINVS D F HVC (Flavius Valerius Constantine Pius Felix Augustus). Reverse: IOVI CONSER-VHTORI HVCC (Jupiter, the Defender of the Emperors). In Exergue: MKVΓ
Bibliography: RIC VI 80
Notes: According to RIC, the MKVΓ in the exergue of the reverse are mintmarks indicating Kyzikos.
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