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ID number: BIRBI-R3286 Object type: Coin
Institution: The Barber Institute of Fine Arts Named collection: G. Haines Collection Collector: Haines, Geoffrey Maker: Constantine II; Constantine I; Heraclea Denomination: Follis Place made: Eurasia: Marmara Ereğlisi Culture: Roman Date made: 321-324 Metal: Base Metal Diameter (cm): 2.12 Weight (g): 3.59 Axis (degrees): 0.00 Provenance: Haines 4102. Ex P.D. Whitting Collection, 1966. |

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Description: Obverse: Bust of Constantine, facing r. cuirassed, laureate. Reverse: Jupiter standing facing l. with globe surmounted by Victory in r. hand and sceptre surmounted by eagle in l. hand, at his feet in front eagle with laurel wreath, in back a sitting man.
Inscriptions: Obverse: D N FL CL CONSTHNVS NOB C (Our lord Flavius Claudius Constantine most noble Caesar). Reverse: IOVI CONS ERVATORI (to the defender of Jupiter). Mint mark: SMH A (Heraclea 1).
Bibliography: RIC VII 55
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