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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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