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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.
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