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Numismatics

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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