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ID number: BIRBI-R3105 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: 324-325 Metal: Base metal Diameter (cm): 1.80 Weight (g): 2.06 Axis (degrees): 315.00 Provenance: Haines 4093. Ex P. D. Whitting Collection by exchange, 1966. |
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Description: Obverse: Head of Constantine, wearing laurel wreath, facing r. Reverse: Legend in four lines, including mintmark; [laurel wreath] to top.
Inscriptions: Obverse: None. Reverse: CONSTAN-TINVS AVC SMANTE (Constantine Augustus; mintmark). In Exergue: SMANTE
Bibliography: RIC VII 52
Notes: According to RIC, the SMANTE in the reverse and [laurel wreath] in the field of the reverse are mintmarks (officina) indicating Antioch.
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