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Numismatics ID number: BIRBI-R2820 Object type: Coin Institution: The Barber Institute of Fine Arts Named collection: G. Haines Collection Collector: Haines, Geoffrey Maker: Constantine I; Kyzikos Denomination: Follis Place made: Eurasia: Mysia, Kyzikos Culture: Roman Date made: 311 Metal: Base metal Diameter (cm): 2.30 Weight (g): 6.12 Axis (degrees): 45.00 Provenance: Haines 3269. Ex P. D. Whitting Collection (purchased at special price of 1/- each), 1957. |
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Description: Obverse: Head of Constantine, wearing laurel wreath and moustache, facing r. Reverse: Genius, naked but cloaked, wearing modius, standing facing l., pouring from patera in r. and holding cornucopia in l. Inscriptions: Obverse: IMP C FL VHL CONSHNTINVS P F HVC (Imperator Caesar Flavius Valerius Constantine Pius Felix Augustus). Reverse: CENIO HV-CVSTI CMH[ligatured] (The Genius of the Emperor). In Exergue: MKVΔ Bibliography: RIC VI 77B Notes: According to RIC, the MKVΔ in the exergue of the reverse are mintmarks indicating Kyzikos. The ligatured mark at the end of the reverse legend is arguably a value mark: Hendy 'Studies' 1985, 463. |
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3 Related People | |
| Haines, Geoffrey Colton British 1899 1981-09-14 | |
| Constantine I Roman 272 337 | |
| Kyzikos Roman; Byzantine | |
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