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ID number: BIRBI-R3106 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: 326-327 Metal: Base metal Diameter (cm): 1.95 Weight (g): 2.95 Axis (degrees): 180.00 Provenance: Haines 3284. 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, facing r. Reverse: Camp gate with no door but •, two turrets; star above.
Inscriptions: Obverse: CONSTAN-TINVS AVC (Constantine Augustus). Reverse: PROVIDEN-TIHE HVCC (To the Foresight of the Emperors). In Exergue: SMANTS
Bibliography: RIC VII 71
Notes: According to RIC, the SMANTS in the exergue of the reverse are mintmarks indicating Antioch.
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