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ID number: BIRBI-R3101 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: 321-324 Metal: Base metal Diameter (cm): 2.00 Weight (g): 2.84 Axis (degrees): 180.00 Provenance: Haines 157. W. S. Lincoln, 1920. |
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Description: Obverse: Head of Constantine, wearing radiate crown, draped and cuirassed, facing r. Reverse: Jupiter, naked but cloaked, standing facing l., holding Victory on globe in r. and sceptre in l.; eagle holding wreath in beak at feet, to l., and captive seated at feet, to r.; IIΓ X in field, to r.
Inscriptions: Obverse: IMP C FL VHL CONSTANTINVS P P HYC (Imperator Caesar Flavius Valerius Constantine Pius Felix Augustus). Reverse: IOVI CONS-ERVHTORI (To Jupiter, the Defender). In Exergue: SMKB
Bibliography: RIC VII 14
Notes: According to RIC, the SMKB in the exergue of the reverse and II[I˅] X in the field of the reverse are mintmarks (officinae) indicating Kyzikos.
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