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ID number:  BIRBI-R2870
Object type:  Coin
Institution:  The Barber Institute of Fine Arts
Named collection:  G. Haines Collection
Collector:  Haines, Geoffrey; Crete Hoard
Maker:  Constantine I; Licinius I; Antioch
Denomination:  Follis
Place made:  Eurasia: Antioch
Culture:  Roman
Date made:  308-309
Metal:  Base metal
Diameter (cm):  2.40
Weight (g):  6.84
Axis (degrees):  315.00
Provenance:  Haines 602. Earle Fox Bequest, 1923 - from a hoard found in Crete.
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Description:  Obverse: Head of Constantine I, 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: PL VHL CONSTANTINVS FIL AVG (Flavius Valerius Constantine, Son of the Emperor). Reverse: GENIO F-IL HVGG (To the Genius of the Son of the Emperors) In Exergue: ANT

Bibliography:  RIC VI 105

Notes:  According to RIC, the ANT in the exergue of the reverse and ᴗ E in the field of the reverse are mintmarks (officinae) indicating Antioch.

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