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ID number: BIRBI-R3074 Object type: Coin
Institution: The Barber Institute of Fine Arts Named collection: G. Haines Collection Collector: Haines, Geoffrey Maker: Constantine I; Constantinople Denomination: Follis Place made: Eurasia: Istanbul Culture: Roman Date made: 327-328 Metal: Base metal Diameter (cm): 1.90 Weight (g): 3.11 Axis (degrees): 180.00 Provenance: Haines 2863. Rev Sydenham Collection Sale, A. H. Baldwin, 1953. |

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Description: Obverse: Head of Constantine, wearing laurel wreath, facing r. Reverse: Roma, draped and helmeted, seated facing l. on shield, holding Victory on globe in r. and sceptre in l.; Z in field, to l.
Inscriptions: Obverse: CONSTHNTI-NVS MHX AVC (Constantine, Greatest Augustus). Reverse: GLORIH RO-MHNORVM (To the Glory of the Romans). In Exergue: CONS
Bibliography: RIC VII 23
Notes: According to RIC, the CONS in the exergue of the reverse and Z in the field of the reverse are mintmarks (officina) indicating Constantinople.
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