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ID number:  BIRBI-R3145
Object type:  Coin
Institution:  The Barber Institute of Fine Arts
Named collection:  G. Haines Collection
Collector:  Haines, Geoffrey
Maker:  Helena; Constantine I; Kyzikos
Denomination:  Follis
Place made:  Eurasia: Mysia, Kyzikos
Culture:  Roman
Date made:  325-326
Metal:  Base metal
Diameter (cm):  2.00
Weight (g):  2.91
Axis (degrees):  0.00
Provenance:  Haines 164. W. S. Lincoln, 1921.
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Description:  Obverse: Head of Helena, wearing diadem, mantled with necklace, facing r. Reverse: Securitas, draped and veiled, standing facing l., holding branch in r. and raising robe with l.

Inscriptions:  Obverse: FL HELENH AVCVSTH (Flavia Helena Augusta). Reverse: SECVRITHS REIPVBLICE (To the Security of the Republic). In Exergue: SMKA•

Bibliography:  RIC VII 39

Notes:  According to RIC, the SMKA• in the exergue of the reverse are mintmarks indicating Kyzikos.

4 Related People

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Haines, Geoffrey Colton
British
1899
1981-09-14
Constantine I
Roman
272
337
Kyzikos
Roman; Byzantine


Helena
Roman
c.247
330
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