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ID number: BIRBI-R3059 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: 326-328 Metal: Base metal Diameter (cm): 1.95 Weight (g): 3.06 Axis (degrees): 180.00 Provenance: Haines 3258. 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, facing r. Reverse: Open camp gate with two turrets, no door; star above and • in field, to r.
Inscriptions: Obverse: cONCTΠΛ-IINVS IıVC (Constantine Augustus). Reverse: ...- TIAI FVCC (To the Foresight of the Emperors). In Exergue: CMT5C
Bibliography: RIC VII 153
Notes: According to RIC, the [S]MT[SE] in the exergue of the reverse and • in the field of the reverse are mintmarks (officina) indicating Thessalonica.
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