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ID number: BIRBI-R3102 Object type: Coin
Institution: The Barber Institute of Fine Arts Named collection: G. Haines Collection Collector: Haines, Geoffrey Maker: Constantine I; Kyzikos Denomination: Follis Place made: Eurasia: Mysia, Kyzikos Culture: Roman Date made: 324-325 Metal: Base metal Diameter (cm): 1.90 Weight (g): 3.23 Axis (degrees): 45.00 Provenance: Haines 3272. 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, draped and cuirassed, facing r. Reverse: Camp gate with no door, two turrets; star above.
Inscriptions: Obverse: CONSTAN-TINVS HVC (Constantine Augustus). Reverse: PROVIDEN-TIHE HVCC (To the Foresight of the Emperors). In Exergue: SMKΓ
Bibliography: RIC VII 24
Notes: According to RIC, the SMKΓ in the exergue of the reverse are mintmarks indicating Kyzikos.
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