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ID number: BIRBI-R3108 Object type: Coin
Institution: The Barber Institute of Fine Arts Named collection: G. Haines Collection Collector: Haines, Geoffrey Maker: Constantine I; Antioch Denomination: Follis Place made: Eurasia: Antioch Culture: Roman Date made: 335 Metal: Base metal Diameter (cm): 1.85 Weight (g): 2.93 Axis (degrees): 180.00 Provenance: Haines 607. Bequeathed by Earle Fox, 1923. |
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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 spears in outer hands and leaning on shields.
Inscriptions: Obverse: CONSTANTI-NVS MAX AVC (Constantine, Greatest Augustus). Reverse: CLOR-IA EXERC-ITVS (To the Glory of the Army). In Exergue: SMANΔ
Bibliography: RIC VII 86
Notes: According to RIC, the SMANΔ in the exergue of the reverse are mintmarks indicating Antioch.
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