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ID number: BIRBI-R2824 Object type: Coin
Institution: The Barber Institute of Fine Arts Named collection: G. Haines Collection Collector: Haines, Geoffrey Maker: Constantine I; Galerius; Alexandria Denomination: Radiate Fractional Follis Place made: Africa: Egypt, Lower Egypt, Alexandria Culture: Roman Date made: 306-307 Metal: Base metal Diameter (cm): 2.00 Weight (g): 3.14 Axis (degrees): 45.00 Provenance: Haines 3176. Ex P. D. Whitting Collection by Exchange, 1957. |
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Description: Obverse: Head of Constantine, wearing radiate crown and beard, draped and cuirassed, facing r. Reverse: Emperor, in military attire, standing facing r., receiving Victory on globe with r. from Jupiter, naked but cloaked, standing facing l., leaning on sceptre with l.; Λ in field, in between figures.
Inscriptions: Obverse: ΓL VΛL CON…TΛNTINVS NOB IΛI... (Flavius Valerius Constantine, Noble Caesar). Reverse: CONCORDIII MI-LITUM (The Harmony of the Soldiers). In Exergue: ....-
Bibliography: RIC VI 85
Notes: According to RIC, the [ALE] in the exergue of the reverse and A in the field of the reverse are mintmarks (officina) indicating Alexandria.
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