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ID number: BIRBI-R3058 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: 324 Metal: Base metal Diameter (cm): 2.00 Weight (g): 2.64 Axis (degrees): 180.00 Provenance: Haines 3260. 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 HVC (Constantine Augustus). Reverse: D N CONSTUNTINI MΠX HVC VOT • X X (Our Lord Constantine, Greatest Augustus). In Exergue: TSAVI
Bibliography: RIC VII 123
Notes: According to RIC, the TSAVI in the exergue of the reverse are mintmarks indicating Thessalonica.
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