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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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