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ID number:  BIRBI-R3119
Object type:  Coin
Institution:  The Barber Institute of Fine Arts
Named collection:  G. Haines Collection
Collector:  Haines, Geoffrey
Maker:  Constantine I; Alexandria
Denomination:  Follis
Place made:  Africa: Egypt, Lower Egypt, Alexandria
Culture:  Roman
Date made:  315
Metal:  Base metal
Diameter (cm):  2.05
Weight (g):  3.60
Axis (degrees):  315.00
Provenance:  Haines 4118. Ex P. D. Whitting Collection, acquired in 1966 and placed in collection in 1967.
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Description:  Obverse: Head of Constantine, wearing laurel wreath, facing r. Reverse: Jupiter, naked but cloaked, standing facing l., holding Victory on globe in r. and sceptre in l., with eagle holding wreath in beak at feet, to l.; N Z [laurel wreath] in field, to l.

Inscriptions:  Obverse: IMP C FL VAL CONSTANTINVS P F AVC (Imperator Caesar Flavius Valerius Constantine Pius Felix Augustus). Reverse: ᴖVI CONSH̱R-VΛTORI AVCC (To Jupiter, the Defender of the Emperors). In Exergue: ΛLE

Bibliography:  RIC VII 9

Notes:  According to RIC, the [A]LE in the exergue of the reverse and N Z [laurel wreath] in the field of the reverse are mintmarks (officinae) indicating Alexandria.

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