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ID number:  BIRBI-R3040
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:  315-316
Metal:  Base metal
Diameter (cm):  2.10
Weight (g):  3.33
Axis (degrees):  45.00
Provenance:  Haines 2860. Rev Sydenham Collection Sale, A. H. Baldwin, 1953.
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Description:  Obverse: Head of Constantine, wearing laurel wreath, facing r. Reverse: Jupiter, naked but cloaked, standing facing l., holding Victory on globe in r. and sceptre in l.; eagle with wreath in beak at feet, to l., and A in field, to r.

Inscriptions:  Obverse: IMP CONSTHNTIHVS P F HVC (Imperator Constantine Pius Felix Augustus). Reverse: IOVI CON-SERVHTORI (To Jupiter, the Defender). In Exergue: •SIS•

Bibliography:  RIC VII 15

Notes:  According to RIC, the •SIS• in the exergue of the reverse and A in the field of the reverse are mintmarks (officina) indicating Siscia.

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