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ID number: BIRBI-R2618 Object type: Coin
Institution: The Barber Institute of Fine Arts Named collection: G. Haines Collection Collector: Haines, Geoffrey; Earle Fox, H. B.; Crete Hoard Maker: Constantius I; Carthage Denomination: Follis Place made: Carthage Culture: Roman Date made: 305-306 Metal: Silver and base metal Diameter (cm): 2.90 Weight (g): 9.82 Axis (degrees): 180.00 Provenance: Haines 336. Presented by Earle Fox Bequest, from a hoard in Crete, 1921. |

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Description: Obverse: Head of Constantius, wearing laurel wreath and beard, facing r. Reverse: Carthago, in long robe, standing frontally with head facing l., holding fruits in both hands.
Inscriptions: Obverse: IMP CONSTHNTIVS P F HVG (Imperator Constantius Pius Felix Augustus). Reverse: SHLIIIS HVCG ET GHESS FEL KHRT (With the Emperors and Caesars being safe, fortunate Carthage is strengthened). In Exergue: M
Bibliography: RIC VI 39A
Notes: Traces of silvering. According to RIC, the [A] in the exergue on the reverse and H in the field of the reverse are mintmarks (officina) indicating Carthage.
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