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Numismatics

ID number:  BIRBI-R3076
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:  328
Metal:  Base metal
Diameter (cm):  2.00
Weight (g):  3.38
Axis (degrees):  225.00
Provenance:  Haines 3093. G. De Falco, 29 Piazza Dei Martiri, Naples, 1956.
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Description:  Obverse: Head of Constantine, wearing rosette diadem, facing r. Reverse: Victory, draped and winged, seated l. but facing r. on cippus, holding branch in r. and palm in l., with trophy in front, to l., and captive, at feet, to l. spurned by Victory; S in field, to l.

Inscriptions:  Obverse: CONSTHNTI-NVS MHX AVC (Constantine, Greatest Augustus). Reverse: CONSTHNTINI-ANH DHFNE ([Fortress of] Constantiniana Daphne). In Exergue: CONS

Bibliography:  RIC VII 30

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

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Haines, Geoffrey Colton
British
1899
1981-09-14
Constantinople
Roman;Byzantine


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