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ID number: BIRBI-R3099 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: 317-320 Metal: Base metal Diameter (cm): 1.95 Weight (g): 3.20 Axis (degrees): 0.00 Provenance: Haines 1607. W. S. Lincoln, 1932. |
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Description: Obverse: Head of Constantine, wearing laurel wreath, draped, holding mappa in r. and globe and sceptre in l., facing l. Reverse: Jupiter, naked but cloaked, standing facing l., holding Victory on globe in r. and sceptre in l.; [laurel wreath] and B in field, to l. and r. respectively.
Inscriptions: Obverse: IMP CONSTH-NTINVS HVC (Imperator Constantine Augustus). Reverse: IOVI CONS-ERVHTORI HVCC (To Jupiter, the Defender of the Emperors). In Exergue: SMK
Bibliography: RIC VII 8
Notes: According to RIC, the SMK in the exergue of the reverse and [laurel wreath] B in the field of the reverse are mintmarks (officinae) indicating Kyzikos.
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