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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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