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Numismatics

ID number:  BIRBI-R3075
Object type:  Coin
Institution:  The Barber Institute of Fine Arts
Named collection:  G. Haines Collection
Collector:  Haines, Geoffrey
Maker:  Constantine I; Constantinople
Denomination:  Follis
Place made:  Eurasia: Istanbul
Culture:  Roman
Date made:  327-328
Metal:  Base metal
Diameter (cm):  1.95
Weight (g):  3.07
Axis (degrees):  180.00
Provenance:  Haines 1355. A. H. Baldwin, 1931.
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Description:  Obverse: Head of Constantine, wearing rosette diadem, facing r. Reverse: Victory, draped and winged, standing facing l. on galley facing r., holding wreath in r. and wreath in l.; B in field, to l.

Inscriptions:  Obverse: CONSTANTI-NVS MAX AVC (Constantine, Greatest Augustus). Reverse: LIBERT-A-S PVBLICA (To the Freedom of the Public). In Exergue: CONS

Bibliography:  RIC VII 25

Notes:  According to RIC, the CONS in the exergue of the reverse and B in the field of the reverse are mintmarks (officina) indicating Constantinople.

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