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Numismatics

ID number:  BIRBI-R2620
Object type:  Coin
Institution:  The Barber Institute of Fine Arts
Named collection:  G. Haines Collection
Collector:  Haines, Geoffrey
Maker:  Constantius I; Maximian; Kyzikos
Denomination:  Radiate Fractional Follis
Place made:  Eurasia: Mysia, Kyzikos
Culture:  Roman
Date made:  295-299
Metal:  Base metal
Diameter (cm):  2.20
Weight (g):  2.37
Axis (degrees):  0.00
Provenance:  Haines 1581. W. S. Lincoln, 1932.
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Description:  Obverse: Head of Constantius, wearing radiate crown and beard, draped and cuirassed, facing r. Reverse: Prince, wearing military attire, standing facing r., receiving Victory on globe in r. from Jupiter, naked but cloaked, standing facing l., leaning on sceptre with l.; KB in field, between figures.

Inscriptions:  Obverse: FL VHL CONCVHNTIVS NOB CHES (Flavius Valerius Constantius, Noble Caesar). Reverse: CONCORDIH MI-LITVM (The Harmony of the Soldiers).

Bibliography:  RIC VI 19A

Notes:  According to RIC, the KB in the field of the reverse are mintmarks (officinae) indicating Kyzikos.

4 Related People

Kyzikos
Roman; Byzantine


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Haines, Geoffrey Colton
British
1899
1981-09-14
Constantius I
Roman

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Maximian
Roman

310
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