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ID number: BIRBI-R3061 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: 330-333 Metal: Base metal Diameter (cm): 1.90 Weight (g): 2.29 Axis (degrees): 315.00 Provenance: Haines 3263. Ex P. D. Whitting Collection (purchased at special price of 1/- each), 1957. |
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Description: Obverse: Head of Constantine, wearing rosette diadem, draped and cuirassed, facing r. Reverse: Two soldiers, in military attire and helmeted, standing facing each other with two standards between them, holding reversed spear in outer hand and leaning on shield with inner hand.
Inscriptions: Obverse: CON□TANTI-NVS MAX AVC (Constantine, Greatest Augustus). Reverse: CLDRI-A bXER-CITVS (To the Glory of the Army). In Exergue: SMTSH
Bibliography: RIC VII 183
Notes: According to RIC, the SMTS[A] in the exergue of the reverse are mintmarks indicating Thessalonica.
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