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ID number: BIRBI-R3221 Object type: Coin
Institution: The Barber Institute of Fine Arts Named collection: G. Haines Collection Collector: Haines, Geoffrey Maker: Dalmatius; Constantine I; Arelate Denomination: Follis Place made: Europe: France, Southeastern France, Arles Culture: Roman Date made: 336 Metal: Base metal Diameter (cm): 1.70 Weight (g): 1.81 Axis (degrees): 180.00 Provenance: Haines 2285. A. H. Baldwin, 1943. |

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Description: Obverse: Head of Delmatius, wearing laurel wreath, draped and cuirassed, facing r. Reverse: Two soldiers, in military attire and helmeted, standing facing each other with standard between them, inscribed with Chi-Rho, holding spear in outer hands and leaning on shield with inner hands.
Inscriptions: Obverse: FL DELMΛII-VS NOB CΛΓS (Flavius Delmatius, Most Noble Caesar). Reverse: CLOH-IH FXbHC-ITVS (To the Glory of the Army). In Exergue: •CONS-
Bibliography: RIC VII 398
Notes: According to RIC, the [P]CONS[T] in the exergue of the reverse and [Chi-Rho] in the standard on the reverse are mintmarks indicating Arelate.
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