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ID number: BIRBI-R3133 Object type: Coin
Institution: The Barber Institute of Fine Arts Named collection: G. Haines Collection Collector: Haines, Geoffrey Maker: Constantine I; Constantius II; Antioch Denomination: Follis Place made: Eurasia: Antioch Culture: Roman Date made: 337-340 Metal: Base metal Diameter (cm): 1.60 Weight (g): 2.18 Axis (degrees): 315.00 Provenance: Haines 3299. Ex P. D. Whitting Collection (purchased at special price of 1/- each), 1957. |

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Description: Obverse: Head of Constantine I, veiled, facing r. Reverse: Constantine I, draped and veiled, riding facing r. in quadriga; manus dei reaches down to him; * in field, above.
Inscriptions: Obverse: DV CUNSTAUTI-NVS PT ΛVCC (Divine Constantine, Father of the Augusti). Reverse: None. In Exergue: SMANH
Bibliography: RIC VIII 37
Notes: According to RIC, the SMANH in the exergue of the reverse and * in the field of the reverse are mintmarks (officina) indicating Antioch.
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