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ID number: BIRBI-R3124 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: 329-330 Metal: Base metal Diameter (cm): 1.80 Weight (g): 3.18 Axis (degrees): 315.00 Provenance: Haines 120. W. S. Lincoln, 1913. |
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Description: Obverse: Head of Constantine, wearing laurel wreath, facing r. Reverse: Camp gate with no door, two turrets; star above; [laurel wreath] and I in field, to l. and r. respectively.
Inscriptions: Obverse: CONSTAN-TINVB AVC (Constantine Augustus). Reverse: PRUVIDEN-TIAE AVGC (To the Foresight of the Emperors). In Exergue: SMAL
Bibliography: RIC VII 49
Notes: According to RIC, the SMAL in the exergue of the reverse and [laurel wreath] I in the field of the reverse are mintmarks (officinae) indicating Alexandria.
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