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ID number: BIRBI-R3127 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): 2.23 Axis (degrees): 135.00 Provenance: Haines 3296. Ex P. D. Whitting Collection (purchased at special price of 1/- each), 1957. |

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Description: Obverse: Head of Constantinopolis, wearing laureated helmet, in imperial cloak, holding spear over l. shoulder, facing l. Reverse: Victory, draped and winged, standing facing l. on prow, holding sceptre in r. and leaning on shield in l.
Inscriptions: Obverse: CONSTAN-TINOPOLIS (Constantinopolis). Reverse: None. In Exergue: cΠΔLB
Bibliography: RIC VII 64
Notes: According to RIC, the [SMA]LB in the exergue of the reverse are mintmarks indicating Alexandria.
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