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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.
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