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Numismatics

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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