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ID number: BIRBI-R3126 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): 1.85 Weight (g): 3.25 Axis (degrees): 135.00 Provenance: Haines 3295. Ex P. D. Whitting Collection (purchased at special price of 1/- each), 1957. |
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Description: Obverse: Head of Roma, wearing helmet, in imperial cloak, facing l. Reverse: She-wolf, standing facing l., suckling twins; two stars, above.
Inscriptions: Obverse: VRBS ROMA (The City of Rome). Reverse: None. In Exergue: SMALB
Bibliography: RIC VII 63
Notes: According to RIC, the SMALB in the exergue of the reverse are mintmarks indicating Alexandria.
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