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ID number:  BIRBI-R3097
Object type:  Coin
Institution:  The Barber Institute of Fine Arts
Named collection:  G. Haines Collection
Collector:  Haines, Geoffrey
Maker:  Constantine I; Kyzikos
Denomination:  Follis
Place made:  Eurasia: Mysia, Kyzikos
Culture:  Roman
Date made:  313-315
Metal:  Base metal
Diameter (cm):  2.20
Weight (g):  3.20
Axis (degrees):  45.00
Provenance:  Haines 3347. 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: Jupiter, naked but cloaked, standing facing l., holding Victory on globe in r. and sceptre in l., with eagle at feet carrying wreath in beak, to l.; B in field, to r.

Inscriptions:  Obverse: IMP C FL VHL CONSTHNTINvÉ” P F HVC (Imperator Caesar Flavius Valerius Constantine Pius Felix Augustus). Reverse: IOVI CONS-ERVHTORI (To Jupiter, the Defender). In Exergue: SMK

Bibliography:  RIC VII 3

Notes:  According to RIC, the SMK in the exergue of the reverse and B in the field of the reverse are mintmarks (officina) indicating Kyzikos.

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Haines, Geoffrey Colton
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