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ID number: BIRBI-R2616 Object type: Coin
Institution: The Barber Institute of Fine Arts Named collection: G. Haines Collection Collector: Haines, Geoffrey Maker: Constantius I; Maximian; Carthage Denomination: Follis Place made: Carthage Culture: Roman Date made: 297-298 Metal: Base metal Diameter (cm): 2.85 Weight (g): 9.90 Axis (degrees): 180.00 Provenance: Haines 3841. Seaby, 1962. |

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Description: Obverse: Head of Constantius, wearing laurel wreath and beard, facing r. Reverse: Africa, in long drapery and elephant-skin headdress, standing frontally with head facing l., holding standard in r. and tusk in l., lion with captured bull at feet, to l., and H in field, to l.
Inscriptions: Obverse: CONSTHNTIVS NOB CHFS (Constantius, Noble Caesar). Reverse: FELIX HD-V-ENT HVGG NN (The Fortunate Arrival of Our Two Emperors). In Exergue: PKT
Bibliography: RIC VI 24A
Notes: According to RIC, the PKT in the exergue on the reverse and H in the field of the reverse are mintmarks (officina) indicating Carthage.
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