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ID number: BIRBI-R3053 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: 317-318 Metal: Base metal Diameter (cm): 2.10 Weight (g): 3.09 Axis (degrees): 45.00 Provenance: Haines 3257. 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, facing r. Reverse: Jupiter, naked but cloaked, standing facing l., holding Victory on globe in r. and sceptre in l.; eagle with wreath, at feet to l.
Inscriptions: Obverse: IHP CUNSTNNTINVS P F HVC (Imperator Constantine Pius Felix Augustus). Reverse: IᴖVI CONS-ERVATORI (To Jupiter, the Defender). In Exergue: •TS•E•
Bibliography: RIC VII 19
Notes: According to RIC, the •TS•E• in the exergue of the reverse are mintmarks indicating Thessalonica.
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