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ID number:  BIRBI-R3070
Object type:  Coin
Institution:  The Barber Institute of Fine Arts
Named collection:  G. Haines Collection
Collector:  Haines, Geoffrey
Maker:  Constantine I; Heraclea
Denomination:  Follis
Place made:  Eurasia: Marmara Ereğlisi
Culture:  Roman
Date made:  336-337
Metal:  Base metal
Diameter (cm):  1.60
Weight (g):  1.78
Axis (degrees):  180.00
Provenance:  Haines 4104. Ex P. D Whitting, Collection - Acquired in 1966, placed in collection in 1967.
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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 one standard between them, holding spear in outer hand and leaning on shield with inner hand.

Inscriptions:  Obverse: ᴗONIJ̄HNTI-NvS □E…VI (Constantine, Greatest Augustus). Reverse: GLOR-IA ΔXERC-IΓΛC (To the Glory of the Army). In Exergue: SMHB

Bibliography:  RIC VII 150

Notes:  According to RIC, the SMHB in the exergue of the reverse are mintmarks indicating Heraclea.

3 Related People

Constantine I
Roman
272
337
Heraclea
Roman


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Haines, Geoffrey Colton
British
1899
1981-09-14
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