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ID number: BIRBI-R2815 Object type: Coin
Institution: The Barber Institute of Fine Arts Named collection: G. Haines Collection Collector: Haines, Geoffrey Maker: Constantine I; Siscia Denomination: Follis Place made: Europe: Croatia, Sisak Culture: Roman Date made: 313 Metal: Base metal Diameter (cm): 2.30 Weight (g): 3.41 Axis (degrees): 180.00 Provenance: Haines 3399. A. H. Baldwin, 1958. |

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Description: Obverse: Head of Constantine, wearing laurel wreath and beard, cuirassed, facing r. Reverse: Jupiter, naked but cloaked, standing facing l., holding Victory on globe in r. and sceptre in l.; eagle at feet, to l. and Δ in field, to r.
Inscriptions: Obverse: IMP CO□STΔNTINVS P F AVG (Imperator Constantine Pius Felix Augustus). Reverse: •SBI GORS-bRVHTORI HVGG NN (Jupiter, Defender of Our Emperors). In Exergue: SIS
Bibliography: RIC VI 233C
Notes: According to RIC, the SIS in the exergue of the reverse and ∆ in the field of the reverse are mintmarks (officina) indicating Siscia.
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