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Numismatics ID number: BIRBI-R2828 Object type: Coin Institution: The Barber Institute of Fine Arts Named collection: G. Haines Collection Collector: Haines, Geoffrey Maker: Constantine I; Alexandria Denomination: Follis Place made: Africa: Egypt, Lower Egypt, Alexandria Culture: Roman Date made: 311-312 Metal: Base metal Diameter (cm): 2.65 Weight (g): 6.27 Axis (degrees): 0.00 Provenance: Haines 3287. Ex P. D. Whitting Collection by Exchange, 1957. |
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Description: Obverse: Head of Constantine, wearing laurel wreath, facing r. Reverse: Genius, naked but cloaked, wearing modius, standing facing l., holding patera in r. and cornucopia in l.; ᴗ K X Γ in field, to top l., bottom l., bottom r. and mid r. respectively. Inscriptions: Obverse: FL VALERIVS CONSTANTINVS P F AVC (Flavius Valerius Constantine Pius Felix Augustus). Reverse: BONO GENIO PII IMPERATORIS (To the Good Genius of the Pius Emperor as Commander in Chief). In Exergue: ΛLE Bibliography: RIC VI 145 Notes: According to RIC, the [A]LE in the exergue of the reverse and ᴗ K X Γ (anticlockwise) in the field of the reverse are mintmarks (officinae) indicating Alexandria. |
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| Alexandria | |
| Constantine I Roman 272 337 | |
| Haines, Geoffrey Colton British 1899 1981-09-14 | |
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