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ID number: BIRBI-R3041 Object type: Coin
Institution: The Barber Institute of Fine Arts Named collection: G. Haines Collection Collector: Haines, Geoffrey Maker: Constantine I; Siscia Denomination: Follis Place made: Europe: Croatia, Sisak Culture: Roman Date made: 317 Metal: Base metal Diameter (cm): 2.10 Weight (g): 3.45 Axis (degrees): 225.00 Provenance: Haines 3253. Ex P. D. Whitting Collection (purchased at special price of 1/- each), 1957. |
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Description: Obverse: Head of Constantine, wearing laurel wreath, cuirassed, facing r. Reverse: Sol, naked but radiate and cloaked, standing facing l., raising r. hand and globe in l.; * in field, to l.
Inscriptions: Obverse: IMP CONSTHNTINVS D S HVC (Imperator Constantine Pius Felix Augustus). Reverse: CLHRITHS BEIPVBLICHE (The Renown of the Republic). In Exergue: BSIS
Bibliography: RIC VII 35 var.
Notes: According to RIC, the BSIS in the exergue of the reverse and * in the field of the reverse are mintmarks (officina) indicating Siscia. As opposed to the RIC type, this obverse legend does not include P F.
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