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ID number:  BIRBI-R2822
Object type:  Coin
Institution:  The Barber Institute of Fine Arts
Named collection:  G. Haines Collection
Collector:  Haines, Geoffrey
Maker:  Constantine I; Galerius; Antioch
Denomination:  Follis
Place made:  Eurasia: Antioch
Culture:  Roman
Date made:  308
Metal:  Base metal
Diameter (cm):  2.45
Weight (g):  5.60
Axis (degrees):  180.00
Provenance:  Haines 2933. Rev. Sydenham Collection Sale, A. H. Baldwin, 1953.
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Description:  Obverse: Head of Constantine, wearing laurel wreath, facing r. Reverse: Genius, naked but cloaked, wearing modius, standing facing l., pouring from patera in r. and holding cornucopia in l.; ᴗ E in field, to l. and r. respectively.

Inscriptions:  Obverse: FL VHL CONSTHNTIUVS NOB CHES (Flavius Valerius Constantine, Noble Caesar). Reverse: GENIO CH-ESARIS * (The Genius of the Caesar). In Exergue: HNT

Bibliography:  RIC VI 94B var.

Notes:  According to RIC, the [A]NT in the exergue of the reverse and ᴗ E in the field of the reverse are mintmarks (officinae) indicating Antioch. As opposed to the type in the RIC, this officina mintmark (ᴗ) is on the l. in the field on the reverse, and there is no • on the mintmark.

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