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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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