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ID number: BIRBI-R3116 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): 2.10 Weight (g): 5.22 Axis (degrees): 0.00 Provenance: Haines 3292. 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 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 H in field, to l. and r. respectively.
Inscriptions: Obverse: FL VΛLER CONSTANTINVS P F AVG (Flavius Valerius Constantine Pius Felix Augustus). Reverse: IOVI CON-SERVATORI (To Jupiter, the Defender). In Exergue: ΔLE
Bibliography: RIC VII 6
Notes: Silvered. According to RIC, the [A]LE in the exergue of the reverse and N H are mintmarks (officinae) indicating Alexandria.
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