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ID number: BIRBI-R3298 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: 335-337 Metal: Base Metal Diameter (cm): 1.71 Weight (g): 1.83 Axis (degrees): 0.00 Provenance: Haines 3309. Ex P.D. Whitting Collection, 1957. |

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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 one standard.
Inscriptions: Obverse: DIISTANTNVO IVN NOB C (Constantine the Younger most noble Caesar). Reverse: CLOR IA E… ITVS (glory of the army). Mint mark: …MAL Δ (Alexandria 4).
Bibliography: RIC VII 66
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