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ID number:  BIRBI-R2824
Object type:  Coin
Institution:  The Barber Institute of Fine Arts
Named collection:  G. Haines Collection
Collector:  Haines, Geoffrey
Maker:  Constantine I; Galerius; Alexandria
Denomination:  Radiate Fractional Follis
Place made:  Africa: Egypt, Lower Egypt, Alexandria
Culture:  Roman
Date made:  306-307
Metal:  Base metal
Diameter (cm):  2.00
Weight (g):  3.14
Axis (degrees):  45.00
Provenance:  Haines 3176. Ex P. D. Whitting Collection by Exchange, 1957.
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Description:  Obverse: Head of Constantine, wearing radiate crown and beard, draped and cuirassed, facing r. Reverse: Emperor, in military attire, standing facing r., receiving Victory on globe with r. from Jupiter, naked but cloaked, standing facing l., leaning on sceptre with l.; Λ in field, in between figures.

Inscriptions:  Obverse: ΓL VΛL CON…TΛNTINVS NOB IΛI... (Flavius Valerius Constantine, Noble Caesar). Reverse: CONCORDIII MI-LITUM (The Harmony of the Soldiers). In Exergue: ....-

Bibliography:  RIC VI 85

Notes:  According to RIC, the [ALE] in the exergue of the reverse and A in the field of the reverse are mintmarks (officina) indicating Alexandria.

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Constantine I
Roman
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Alexandria



Galerius
Roman

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Haines, Geoffrey Colton
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1899
1981-09-14
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