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Numismatics

ID number:  BIRBI-R3089
Object type:  Coin
Institution:  The Barber Institute of Fine Arts
Named collection:  G. Haines Collection
Collector:  Haines, Geoffrey
Maker:  Constantine I; Nikomedia
Denomination:  Follis
Place made:  Eurasia: Izmit
Culture:  Roman
Date made:  330-335
Metal:  Base metal
Diameter (cm):  1.80
Weight (g):  2.35
Axis (degrees):  180.00
Provenance:  Haines 4059. Ex P. D. Whitting Collection in exchange, 1965.
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Description:  Obverse: Head of Constantine, wearing rosette diadem, draped and cuirassed, facing r. Reverse: Two soldiers, in military attire and helmeted, standing facing each other with two standards in between, holding reversed spears in outer hands and leaning on shields with inner hands.

Inscriptions:  Obverse: CONSTHNTI-NVS NAX AVC (Constantine, Greatest Augustus). Reverse: CLOR-IA EXERC-ITVS (To the Glory of the Army). In Exergue: PMNΓ

Bibliography:  RIC VII 188

Notes:  According to RIC, the [S]MNΓ in the exergue of the reverse are mintmarks indicating Nikomedia.

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Haines, Geoffrey Colton
British
1899
1981-09-14
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