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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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