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ID number: BIRBI-R3291 Object type: Coin
Institution: The Barber Institute of Fine Arts Named collection: G. Haines Collection Collector: Haines, Geoffrey Maker: Constantine II; Constantine I; Kyzikos Denomination: Follis Place made: Eurasia: Mysia, Kyzikos Culture: Roman Date made: 321-324 Metal: Base Metal Diameter (cm): 1.95 Weight (g): 2.86 Axis (degrees): 0.00 Provenance: Haines 2869. A.H. Baldwin, 1953, ex. Rev. Sydenham Collection. |

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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 CL CL CONSTHNTINVS NOB C (Our lord Flavius Claudius Constantine most noble Caesar). Reverse: IOVI CONS ERVHTORI (to the defender of Jupiter). Mint mark: SMK Γ (Kyzikos 3).
Bibliography: RIC VII 19
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