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Numismatics

ID number:  BIRBI-R3112
Object type:  Coin
Institution:  The Barber Institute of Fine Arts
Named collection:  P. D. Whitting Collection
Collector:  Haines, Geoffrey
Maker:  Constantine I; Antioch
Denomination:  Solidus
Place made:  Eurasia: Antioch
Culture:  Roman
Date made:  324-325
Metal:  Gold
Diameter (cm):  1.90
Weight (g):  4.28
Axis (degrees):  315.00
Provenance:  Whitting 1501. Sotherby's, Nov 1965.
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Description:  Obverse: Head of Roma, wearing helmet, in imperial cloak, facing l. Reverse: Emperor, in military attire with cloak flying behind, mounted on horse facing l., raising r. hand and holding spear in l.

Inscriptions:  Obverse: CONSTANT-INVS P F AVC (Constantine Pius Felix Augustus). Reverse: ΔOYENTVS ΔYCVSTI N (The Safe Arrival of Our Emperor). In Exergue: SMΔN*

Bibliography:  RIC VII 48

Notes:  According to RIC, the SM[A]N* in the exergue of the reverse are mintmarks indicating Antioch.

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