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ID number: BIRBI-R3401 Object type: Coin
Institution: The Barber Institute of Fine Arts Named collection: G. Haines Collection Collector: Haines, Geoffrey Maker: Constans I; Constantine I; Alexandria Denomination: Follis Place made: Africa: Egypt, Lower Egypt, Alexandria Culture: Roman Date made: 335-337 Metal: Base Metal Diameter (cm): 1.64 Weight (g): 1.45 Axis (degrees): 180.00 Provenance: Haines 3313. Ex P. D. Whitting Collection, 1957. |
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Description: Obverse: Bust of Constans, facing r. cuirassed, laureate. Reverse: two soldiers, cuirassed, each with spear in their outer hand and a shield in their inner hand, between them one standard.
Inscriptions: Obverse: Γl IVL CONSTAIIS NOB C (Flavius Julius Constans most noble Caesar). Reverse: CLOE I= EXERC ITVS (glory of the army). Mint mark: SMAL Δ (Alexandria 4).
Bibliography: RIC VII 68
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