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Numismatics ID number: BIRBI-R3077 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): 1.90 Weight (g): 3.15 Axis (degrees): 45.00 Provenance: Haines 2861. Rev Sydenham Collection Sale, A. H. Baldwin, 1953. |
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Description: Obverse: Head of Constantine, wearing rosette diadem, draped and cuirassed, 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; Δ in field, to l. Inscriptions: Obverse: CONSTHNTI-NVS MHX AVC (Constantine, Greatest Augustus). Reverse: CONSTANTINI-HNH DHFNE ([Fortress of] Constantiniana Daphne). In Exergue: CONS Bibliography: RIC VII 35 Notes: According to RIC, the CONS in the exergue of the reverse and Δ in the field of the reverse are mintmarks (officina) indicating Constantinople. |
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| Constantine I Roman 272 337 | |
| Haines, Geoffrey Colton British 1899 1981-09-14 | |
| Constantinople Roman;Byzantine | |
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