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ID number: BIRBI-R3327 Object type: Coin
Institution: The Barber Institute of Fine Arts Named collection: G. Haines Collection Collector: Haines, Geoffrey Maker: Constantius II; Constantine I; Alexandria Denomination: Follis Place made: Africa: Egypt, Lower Egypt, Alexandria Culture: Roman Date made: 327-328 Metal: Base Metal Diameter (cm): 1.89 Weight (g): 3.63 Axis (degrees): 135.00 Provenance: Haines 2870. A.H. Baldwin, 1953, ex. Rev. Sydenham Collection. |

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Description: Obverse: Bust of Constantius, facing l. draped, cuirassed, laureate. Reverse: camp gate with no door, over it two towers and between them a star.
Inscriptions: Obverse: FL IVL CONSTHNTIVS NOB C (Flavius Julius Constantius most noble Caesar). Reverse: PROVIDEN TIAE CAESS (Caesar of providence). Mint mark: SMAL (mint of Alexandria)
Bibliography: RIC VII 47
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