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ID number: BIRBI-R2619 Object type: Coin
Institution: The Barber Institute of Fine Arts Named collection: G. Haines Collection Collector: Haines, Geoffrey Maker: Constantius I; Maximian; Kyzikos Denomination: Radiate Fractional Follis Place made: Eurasia: Mysia, Kyzikos Culture: Roman Date made: 295-299 Metal: Base metal Diameter (cm): 2.20 Weight (g): 3.52 Axis (degrees): 45.00 Provenance: Haines 3514. Presented by G. Fallani, 58A Via dei Babuino, Rome, 1959. |
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Description: Obverse: Head of Constantius, wearing radiate crown and beard, draped and cuirassed, facing r. Reverse: Prince, wearing military attire, standing facing r., receiving Victory on globe in r. from Jupiter, naked but cloaked, standing facing l., leaning on sceptre with l.; KB in field, between figures.
Inscriptions: Obverse: CL VAL CONSTHNTIVS NOB CHES (Flavius Valerius Constantius, Noble Caesar). Reverse: CONCORDIH MI-LITVM (The Harmony of the Soldiers).
Bibliography: RIC VI 19A
Notes: According to RIC, the KB in the field of the reverse are mintmarks (officinae) indicating Kyzikos.
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