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ID number: BIRBI-R3229 Object type: Coin
Institution: The Barber Institute of Fine Arts Named collection: G. Haines Collection Collector: Haines, Geoffrey Maker: Dalmatius; Constantine I; Alexandria Denomination: Follis Place made: Africa: Egypt, Lower Egypt, Alexandria Culture: Roman Date made: 335-337 Metal: Base metal Diameter (cm): 1.65 Weight (g): 1.87 Axis (degrees): 180.00 Provenance: Haines 3305. 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, 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: CL DELMATIVS NOB C (Flavius Delmatius, Most Noble Caesar). Reverse: CLOR-IΔ EXERC-ITVS (To the Glory of the Army). In Exergue: ᶴMᴧʟı
Bibliography: RIC VII 69
Notes: According to RIC, the [S]M[ALA] in the exergue of the reverse are mintmarks indicating Alexandria.
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