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ID number: BIRBI-R3104 Object type: Coin
Institution: The Barber Institute of Fine Arts Named collection: G. Haines Collection Collector: Haines, Geoffrey Maker: Constantine I; Antioch Denomination: Follis Place made: Eurasia: Antioch Culture: Roman Date made: 317-320 Metal: Base metal Diameter (cm): 2.00 Weight (g): 2.81 Axis (degrees): 135.00 Provenance: Haines 3283. Ex P. D. Whitting Collection (purchased at special price of 1/- each), 1957. |
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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., with captive at feet, to l.; S in field, to r.
Inscriptions: Obverse: IMP CONSTΛ-ETINVS ΔVC (Imperator Constantine Augustus). Reverse: IUVI CONS-ERVATORI ΔVCC (To Jupiter, the Defender of the Emperor). In Exergue: SMANT
Bibliography: RIC VII 26
Notes: According to RIC, the SMANT in the exergue of the reverse and S in the field of the reverse are mintmarks (officina) indicating Antioch.
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