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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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