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ID number: BIRBI-R3295 Object type: Coin
Institution: The Barber Institute of Fine Arts Named collection: G. Haines Collection Collector: Haines, Geoffrey Maker: Constantine II; Constantine I; Antioch Denomination: Follis Place made: Eurasia: Antioch Culture: Roman Date made: 330-335 Metal: Base Metal Diameter (cm): 1.81 Weight (g): 2.45 Axis (degrees): 135.00 Provenance: Haines 124. Spink, 1921. |

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Description: Obverse: Bust of Constantine, facing r. cuirassed, laureate. Reverse: two soldiers, cuirassed, standing each with spear in their outer hand and a shield on their inner hand, between them two standards.
Inscriptions: Obverse: CONSTANTINVS IVN NOB C (Constantine the Younger most noble Caesar). Reverse: GLOR IA EXERC ITVS (glory of the army). Mint mark: SMAN Ε (Antioch 5).
Bibliography: RIC VII 87
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