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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.
BIRBI-R3101.jpg

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.

3 Related People

Constantine I
Roman
272
337
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Haines, Geoffrey Colton
British
1899
1981-09-14
Kyzikos
Roman; Byzantine


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