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Numismatics ID number: BIRBI-R2798 Object type: Coin Institution: The Barber Institute of Fine Arts Named collection: G. Haines Collection Collector: Haines, Geoffrey; Earle Fox, H. B.; Crete Hoard Maker: Constantine I; Galerius; Rome Denomination: Follis Place made: Europe: Italy, Rome Culture: Roman Date made: AD 307 Metal: Base metal Diameter (cm): 2.55 Weight (g): 6.76 Axis (degrees): 0.00 Provenance: Haines 604. Earle Fox Bequest, 1923 - from a hoard found in Crete. |
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Description: Obverse: Head of Constantine, wearing laurel wreath and beard, facing r. Reverse: Roma, draped and helmeted, seated frontally with head facing l. in hexastyle temple, holding globe in r. and sceptre in l.; knobs as acroteria, empty pediment. Inscriptions: Obverse: CONSTHNTIHVS NOB CHES (Constantine, Noble Caesar). Reverse: CONSEAIIHTO-RES IIRB SVHE (Defender of his City). In Exergue: R*Q Bibliography: RIC VI 196 Notes: Recut die on the reverse around Roma's face. According to RIC, the R*Q in the exergue of the reverse are mintmarks indicating Rome. |
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| Crete Hoard | |
| Haines, Geoffrey Colton British 1899 1981-09-14 | |
| Constantine I Roman 272 337 | |
| Rome Roman;Byzantine;Italian | |
| Galerius Roman 311 | |
| Earle Fox, H. B. British 1863 21 March 1920 | |
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