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ID number: BIRBI-R3054 Object type: Coin
Institution: The Barber Institute of Fine Arts Named collection: G. Haines Collection Collector: Haines, Geoffrey Maker: Constantine I; Thessalonica Denomination: Follis Place made: Europe: Greece, Thessaloniki Culture: Roman Date made: 318-319 Metal: Base metal Diameter (cm): 1.80 Weight (g): 2.90 Axis (degrees): 225.00 Provenance: Haines 2288. A. H. Baldwin, 1943. |
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Description: Obverse: Head of Constantine, wearing laurel wreath, cuirassed, facing r. Reverse: Inscription within laurel wreath, including mintmark.
Inscriptions: Obverse: CONSTAV-TINVS UVC (Constantine Augustus). Reverse: VOT XX MVLT XXX •TS•Δ• (Prayers for Twenty Years of Rule, More for his [Hoped for] Thirtieth Anniversary; mintmark).
Bibliography: RIC VII 31
Notes: According to RIC, the •TS•Δ• in the reverse are mintmarks indicating Thessalonica.
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