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ID number:  BIRBI-R3109
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:  335
Metal:  Base metal
Diameter (cm):  1.85
Weight (g):  2.24
Axis (degrees):  180.00
Provenance:  Haines 3286. Ex P. D. Whitting Collection (purchased at special price of 1/- each), 1957.
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Description:  Obverse: Head of Constantinopolis, wearing laureated helmet, in imperial cloak, holding reversed spear over l. shoulder, facing l. Reverse: Victory, draped and winged, standing facing l. on prow, holding spear in r. and leaning on shield in l.

Inscriptions:  Obverse: CONSTAN-TINOPOLIS (Constantinopolis). Reverse: None. In Exergue: SMANI

Bibliography:  RIC VII 92

Notes:  According to RIC, the SMANI in the exergue of the reverse are mintmarks indicating Antioch.

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Haines, Geoffrey Colton
British
1899
1981-09-14
Antioch



Constantine I
Roman
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