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Numismatics ID number: BIRBI-R3096 Object type: Coin Institution: The Barber Institute of Fine Arts Named collection: G. Haines Collection Collector: Haines, Geoffrey Maker: Constantine I; Kyzikos Denomination: Follis Place made: Eurasia: Mysia, Kyzikos Culture: Roman Date made: 313-315 Metal: Base metal Diameter (cm): 2.20 Weight (g): 3.12 Axis (degrees): 225.00 Provenance: Haines 3270. Ex P. D. Whitting Collection (purchased at special price of 1/- each), 1957. |
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Description: Obverse: Head of Constantine, wearing laurel wreath, facing r. Reverse: Genius, naked but cloaked, standing facing l., holding patera in r. and cornucopia in l.; Γ in field, to r. Inscriptions: Obverse: IMP C FL VHL CONSTAN5INVS P F HVC (Imperator Caesar Flavius Valerius Constantine Pius Felix Augustus). Reverse: CENIO HV-CVSTI CMH[ligatured] (To the Genius of the Emperor). In Exergue: SMK Bibliography: RIC VII 1 Notes: According to RIC, the SMK in the exergue of the reverse and Γ in the field of the reverse are mintmarks (officina) indicating Kyzikos. The ligatured mark at the end of the reverse legend is arguably a value mark: Hendy 'Studies' 1985, 463. |
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3 Related People | |
| Constantine I Roman 272 337 | |
| Haines, Geoffrey Colton British 1899 1981-09-14 | |
| Kyzikos Roman; Byzantine | |
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