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ID number: BIRBI-R2624 Object type: Coin
Institution: The Barber Institute of Fine Arts Named collection: G. Haines Collection Collector: Haines, Geoffrey Maker: Constantius I; Maximian; Alexandria Denomination: Radiate Fractional Follis Place made: Africa: Egypt, Lower Egypt, Alexandria Culture: Roman Date made: 296-297 Metal: Base metal Diameter (cm): 2.05 Weight (g): 3.66 Axis (degrees): 180.00 Provenance: Haines 995. W. S. Lincoln, 1928. |

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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; Δ in field, between figures.
Inscriptions: Obverse: FL MHL CONSTHNTIUS NOB CΠES (Flavius Valerius Constantius, Noble Caesar). Reverse: CUNCORDIH MIL-ITVM (The Harmony of the Soldiers). In Exergue: ΛLE
Bibliography: RIC VI 48A
Notes: According to RIC, the [A]LE in the exergue of the reverse and Δ are mintmarks (officina) indicating Alexandria.
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