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ID number:  BIRBI-R3223
Object type:  Coin
Institution:  The Barber Institute of Fine Arts
Named collection:  G. Haines Collection
Collector:  Haines, Geoffrey
Maker:  Dalmatius; Constantine I; Arelate
Denomination:  Fractional Follis
Place made:  Europe: France, Southeastern France, Arles
Culture:  Roman
Date made:  336
Metal:  Base metal
Diameter (cm):  1.50
Weight (g):  1.38
Axis (degrees):  180.00
Provenance:  Haines 3334. Ex P. D. Whitting Collection (purchased at special price of 1/- each), 1957.
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Description:  Obverse: Head of Delmatius, wearing laurel wreath, draped and cuirassed, facing r. Reverse: Two soldiers, in military attire and helmeted, standing facing each other with standard between them, inscribed with Chi-Rho, holding spear in outer hands and leaning on shield with inner hands.

Inscriptions:  Obverse: FL DLLMH-TIVS NOB C (Flavius Delmatius, Most Noble Caesar). Reverse: CLOR-ıʜv…-...DSV (To the Glory of the Army). In Exergue: PCONSΠ

Bibliography:  RIC VII 399

Notes:  According to RIC, the PCONS[T] in the exergue of the reverse and [Chi Rho] in the standard on the reverse are mintmarks indicating Arelate.

4 Related People

Constantine I
Roman
272
337
Dalmatius
Roman

337
Arelate
Roman


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Haines, Geoffrey Colton
British
1899
1981-09-14
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