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Numismatics ID number: BIRBI-R2830 Object type: Coin Institution: The Barber Institute of Fine Arts Named collection: G. Haines Collection Collector: Haines, Geoffrey Maker: Constantine I; Alexandria Denomination: Follis Place made: Africa: Egypt, Lower Egypt, Alexandria Culture: Roman Date made: 313 Metal: Base metal Diameter (cm): 2.35 Weight (g): 4.50 Axis (degrees): 180.00 Provenance: Haines 3290. Ex P. D. Whitting Collection by Exchange, 1957. |
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Description: Obverse: Head of Constantine, wearing laurel wreath, facing r. Reverse: Genius, naked but cloaked, wearing modius, standing facing l., holding bust of Serapis, wearing modius and facing r., in r. and cornucopia in l., with branch at feet, to l.; * N [laurel wreath] B in field, to top l., bottom l., bottom r. and mid r. respectively. Inscriptions: Obverse: FI VΛLER CONSTANTINVS P F ΛVC (Flavius Valerius Constantine Pius Felix Augustus). Reverse: CENIO ΛVCVSTI (To the Genius of the Emperor). In Exergue: •ALE Bibliography: RIC VI 163 Notes: According to RIC, the •ALE in the exergue of the reverse and * N [laurel wreath] B (anticlockwise) in the field of the reverse are mintmarks (officinae) indicating Alexandria. |
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3 Related People | |
| Haines, Geoffrey Colton British 1899 1981-09-14 | |
| Constantine I Roman 272 337 | |
| Alexandria | |
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