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ID number: BIRBI-R2818 Object type: Coin
Institution: The Barber Institute of Fine Arts Named collection: G. Haines Collection Collector: Haines, Geoffrey Maker: Constantine I; Thessalonica Denomination: Follis Place made: Europe: Greece, Thessaloniki Culture: Roman Date made: 312-313 Metal: Base metal Diameter (cm): 2.35 Weight (g): 3.45 Axis (degrees): 45.00 Provenance: Haines 3164. A. H. Baldwin, 1957. |

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Description: Obverse: Head of Constantine, wearing laurel wreath and beard, cuirassed and draped, facing r. Reverse: Jupiter, naked but cloaked, standing frontally with head facing l., holding Victory on globe in r. and sceptre in l.; eagle with wreath in beak at feet, to l.
Inscriptions: Obverse: IMP C CONSTANTINVS P F AVC (Imperator Caesar Constantine Pius Felix Augustus). Reverse: IOVI CONSERVRTORI HVCC NN (Jupiter, Defender of Our Emperors). In Exergue: •TS•E•
Bibliography: RIC VI 61B
Notes: According to RIC, the •TS•E• in the exergue of the reverse are mintmarks indicating Thessalonica.
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