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ID number:  BIRBI-R3057
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:  320
Metal:  Base metal
Diameter (cm):  1.85
Weight (g):  3.92
Axis (degrees):  180.00
Provenance:  Haines 3259. Ex P. D. Whitting Collection (purchased at special price of 1/- each), 1957.
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Description:  Obverse: Head of Constantine, wearing laurel wreath, facing r. Reverse: Part of inscription in two lines encircled by wreath.

Inscriptions:  Obverse: CONSTAN-TINVS AVC (Constantine Augustus). Reverse: D N CONSTANTINI MHX HVC VOT • X X (Our Lord Constantine, Greatest Augustus). In Exergue: TSΓVI

Bibliography:  RIC VII 101

Notes:  According to RIC, the TSΓVI in the exergue of the reverse are mintmarks indicating Thessalonica.

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