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ID number: BIRBI-R3125 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: 333-335 Metal: Base metal Diameter (cm): 1.80 Weight (g): 2.79 Axis (degrees): 135.00 Provenance: Haines 825. W. Gilbert, 1924. |

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Description: Obverse: Head of Constantine, wearing rosette diadem, draped and cuirassed, facing r. Reverse: Two soldiers, in military attire and helmeted, standing facing each other with two standards in between, holding spears in outer hands and leaning on shields.
Inscriptions: Obverse: CONSTΛNTI-NVS MΔX ΔVC (Constantine, Greatest Augustus). Reverse: GLOR-IA EXERC-ITVS (To the Glory of the Army). In Exergue: SMALB
Bibliography: RIC VII 58
Notes: According to RIC, the SMALB in the exergue of the reverse are mintmarks indicating Alexandria.
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