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ID number: BIRBI-R3115 Object type: Coin
Institution: The Barber Institute of Fine Arts Named collection: G. Haines Collection Collector: Haines, Geoffrey Maker: Constantine I; Alexandria Denomination: Follis Place made: Africa: Egypt, Lower Egypt, Alexandria Culture: Roman Date made: 314-315 Metal: Silver and base metal Diameter (cm): 2.25 Weight (g): 4.88 Axis (degrees): 180.00 Provenance: Haines 4089. Ex P. D. Whitting Collection by Exchange, 1966. |

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Description: Obverse: Head of Constantine, wearing laurel wreath and beard, facing r. Reverse: Jupiter, naked but cloaked, standing facing l., holding Victory on globe in r. and sceptre in l., with eagle at feet, to l.; N Z in field, to l. and r. respectively.
Inscriptions: Obverse: PL VALER CONSTANTINVS P P AVC (Flavius Valerius Constantine Pius Felix Augustus). Reverse: IOVI CON-SERVHIURI (To Jupiter, the Defender). In Exergue: ALF
Bibliography: RIC VII 6
Notes: Silvered. According to RIC, the AL[E] in the exergue of the reverse and N Δ are mintmarks (officinae) indicating Alexandria.
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