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ID number: BIRBI-R3055 Object type: Coin
Institution: The Barber Institute of Fine Arts Named collection: G. Haines Collection Collector: Haines, Geoffrey Maker: Constantine I; Thessalonica Denomination: Follis Place made: Europe: Greece, Thessaloniki Culture: Roman Date made: 319 Metal: Silver and base metal Diameter (cm): 1.90 Weight (g): 2.79 Axis (degrees): 180.00 Provenance: Haines 3051. Ex Little Ormes Head Find 1873, Seaby, 1955. |
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Description: Obverse: Head of Constantine, wearing laurel wreath, draped and cuirassed, holding spear over r. shoulder, facing l. Reverse: Victory, draped and winged, advancing facing l., holding wreath in r. and palm branch in l.
Inscriptions: Obverse: CONSTHN-TINVS HVΓ (Constantine Augustus). Reverse: VICTORIH HVCC NN (To the Victory of Our Emperors). In Exergue: •TS•Γ•
Bibliography: RIC VII 60 var.
Notes: Silvered. According to RIC, the •TS•Γ• in the exergue of the reverse are mintmarks indicating Thessalonica. As opposed to the type in RIC, the obverse figure is draped as well as cuirassed.
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