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Numismatics ID number: BIRBI-R2817 Object type: Coin Institution: The Barber Institute of Fine Arts Named collection: G. Haines Collection Collector: Haines, Geoffrey; Crete Hoard Maker: Constantine I; Galerius; Thessalonica Denomination: Follis Place made: Europe: Greece, Thessaloniki Culture: Roman Date made: 308-310 Metal: Base metal Diameter (cm): 2.55 Weight (g): 7.42 Axis (degrees): 180.00 Provenance: Haines 603. Earle Fox Bequest, 1923 - from a hoard found in Crete. |
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Description: Obverse: Head of Constantine, wearing laurel wreath and beard, facing r. Reverse: Genius, naked but cloaked, wearing modius, standing facing l., pouring from patera in r. and holding cornucopia in l.; * Δ in field, to l. and r. respectively. Inscriptions: Obverse: CONSTANTINVS FIL HVGG (Constantine, Son of Emperors). Reverse: GENIO CHESHRIS (The Genius of the Caesar). In Exergue: •SM•TS• Bibliography: RIC VI 32B Notes: According to RIC, the •SM•TS• in the exergue of the reverse and * ∆ in the field of the reverse are mintmarks (officinae) indicating Thessalonica. |
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| Thessalonica | |
| Haines, Geoffrey Colton British 1899 1981-09-14 | |
| Constantine I Roman 272 337 | |
| Crete Hoard | |
| Galerius Roman 311 | |
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