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Numismatics ID number: BIRBI-R3081 Object type: Coin Institution: The Barber Institute of Fine Arts Named collection: G. Haines Collection Collector: Haines, Geoffrey Maker: Constantine I; Constantinople Denomination: Half Follis Place made: Eurasia: Istanbul Culture: Roman Date made: 336-337 Metal: Base metal Diameter (cm): 1.70 Weight (g): 1.20 Axis (degrees): 0.00 Provenance: Haines 3267. 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 one standard in between, holding reversed spears in outer hands and leaning on shields with inner hands. Inscriptions: Obverse: CONSTHNTI-NVS MHX HVC (Constantine, Greatest Augustus). Reverse: CLOR-IH EXERC-ITVS (To the Glory of the Army). In Exergue: CONSS Bibliography: RIC VII 137 var. Notes: According to RIC, the CONS[A] in the exergue of the reverse are mintmarks indicating Constantinople. As opposed to the RIC type, this coin is a half-follis. |
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| Constantinople Roman;Byzantine | |
| Haines, Geoffrey Colton British 1899 1981-09-14 | |
| Constantine I Roman 272 337 | |
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