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ID number: BIRBI-R3297 Object type: Coin
Institution: The Barber Institute of Fine Arts Named collection: G. Haines Collection Collector: Haines, Geoffrey Maker: Constantine II; Constantine I; Alexandria Denomination: Follis Place made: Africa: Egypt, Lower Egypt, Alexandria Culture: Roman Date made: 325-326 Metal: Base Metal Diameter (cm): 1.97 Weight (g): 3.53 Axis (degrees): 45.00 Provenance: Haines 3329. Ex P.D. Whitting Collection, 1957. |

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Description: Obverse: Bust of Constantine, facing l. cuirassed, laureate. Reverse: camp gate with no door, over it two towers and in the middle of them a star.
Inscriptions: Obverse: CONSTANTINVS IVN NOB C (Constantine the Younger most noble Caesar). Reverse: PROVIDEN TIAE CAESS (Caesar of providence). Mint mark: SMAL B (Alexandria 2).
Bibliography: RIC VII 36
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