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Numismatics

ID number:  BIRBI-R3073
Object type:  Coin
Institution:  The Barber Institute of Fine Arts
Named collection:  G. Haines Collection
Collector:  Haines, Geoffrey
Maker:  Constantine I; Constantinople
Denomination:  Follis
Place made:  Eurasia: Istanbul
Culture:  Roman
Date made:  327-328
Metal:  Base metal
Diameter (cm):  1.95
Weight (g):  3.15
Axis (degrees):  315.00
Provenance:  Haines 1610. W. S. Lincoln, 1932.
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Description:  Obverse: Head of Constantine, wearing rosette diadem, facing r. Reverse: Roma, draped and helmeted, seated facing l. on shield, holding Victory on globe in r. and sceptre in l.; A in field, to l.

Inscriptions:  Obverse: COΛSTHHTI-CVS MAX ΠVC (Constantine, Greatest Augustus). Reverse: GLORIA RO-MANORVM (To the Glory of the Romans). In Exergue: CONS

Bibliography:  RIC VII 23

Notes:  According to RIC, the CONS in the exergue of the reverse and A in the field of the reverse are mintmarks (officina) indicating Constantinople.

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