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ID number:  BIRBI-R3100
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):  1.90
Weight (g):  3.18
Axis (degrees):  135.00
Provenance:  Haines 4060. Ex P. D. Whitting Collection by exchange, 1965.
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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 H in field, to l. and r. respectively.

Inscriptions:  Obverse: IMD COVSTH-NTINVS HYC (Imperator Constantine Augustus). Reverse: IOVI CONS-ERVHTORI HVCC (To Jupiter, the Defender of the Emperors). In Exergue: SHK

Bibliography:  RIC VII 8

Notes:  According to RIC, the S[M]K in the exergue of the reverse and [laurel wreath] H in the field of the reverse are mintmarks (officinae) indicating Kyzikos.

3 Related People

Kyzikos
Roman; Byzantine


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Haines, Geoffrey Colton
British
1899
1981-09-14
Constantine I
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