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ID number: BIRBI-R3225 Object type: Coin
Institution: The Barber Institute of Fine Arts Named collection: G. Haines Collection Collector: Haines, Geoffrey Maker: Dalmatius; Constantine I; Constantinople Denomination: Follis Place made: Eurasia: Istanbul Culture: Roman Date made: 336-337 Metal: Base metal Diameter (cm): 1.65 Weight (g): 1.61 Axis (degrees): 180.00 Provenance: Haines 3302. 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, holding spear in outer hands and leaning on shield with inner hands.
Inscriptions: Obverse: FL DELMATIVS NOB C (Flavius Delmatius, Most Noble Caesar). Reverse: CLOR-IΔ □X□□C-ITVS (To the Glory of the Army). In Exergue: CONSI
Bibliography: RIC VII 153
Notes: According to RIC, the CONSI in the exergue of the reverse are mintmarks indicating Constantinople.
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