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ID number: BIRBI-R3143 Object type: Coin
Institution: The Barber Institute of Fine Arts Named collection: G. Haines Collection Collector: Haines, Geoffrey Maker: Helena; Constantius II; Constantinople Denomination: Fractional Follis Place made: Eurasia: Istanbul Culture: Roman Date made: 337-340 Metal: Base metal Diameter (cm): 1.50 Weight (g): 1.29 Axis (degrees): 315.00 Provenance: Haines 2997. Spink, 1954. |

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Description: Obverse: Head of Helena, wearing diadem, mantled with necklace, facing r. Reverse: Pax, draped, standing facing l., holding branch in r. and sceptre in l.
Inscriptions: Obverse: FL IVL HEL-ENAE AVG (Flavia Julia Helena Augusta). Reverse: PHX PV-BLICH• (Public Peace). In Exergue: CONSE
Bibliography: RIC VIII 34
Notes: According to RIC, the CONSE in the exergue of the reverse are mintmarks indicating Constantinople.
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