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ID number: BIRBI-R3136 Object type: Coin
Institution: The Barber Institute of Fine Arts Named collection: G. Haines Collection Collector: Haines, Geoffrey Maker: Constantine I; Constantius II; Alexandria Denomination: Fractional Follis Place made: Africa: Egypt, Lower Egypt, Alexandria Culture: Roman Date made: 337-340 Metal: Base metal Diameter (cm): 1.45 Weight (g): 1.45 Axis (degrees): 315.00 Provenance: Haines 979. Presented by Mr C. C. Oman, 1928. |
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Description: Obverse: Head of Constantine I, veiled, facing r. Reverse: Constantine I, draped and veiled, riding facing r. in quadriga; manus dei reaches down to him; Λ in field, to l, and *? in field, to r.
Inscriptions: Obverse: DV CONSEΠNTI-NVɪɪ ᴦɪ ᴧvᴗᴗ (Divine Constantine, Father of the Augusti). Reverse: None. In Exergue: SMALΓ
Bibliography: RIC VIII 12
Notes: According to RIC, the SMALΓ in the exergue of the reverse are mintmarks indicating Alexandria. The variation of A in l. of field and *? in r. of field, is not record in RIC.
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