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ID number: BIRBI-R3300 Object type: Coin
Institution: The Barber Institute of Fine Arts Named collection: G. Haines Collection Collector: Haines, Geoffrey Maker: Constantine II; Alexandria Denomination: Follis Place made: Africa: Egypt, Lower Egypt, Alexandria Culture: Roman Date made: 337-340 Metal: Base Metal Diameter (cm): 1.59 Weight (g): 1.29 Axis (degrees): 0.00 Provenance: Haines 3350. Ex P.D. Whitting Collection, 1957. |

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Description: Obverse: Bust of Constantine, facing r. draped, diademed. Reverse: two soldiers, cuirassed, standing each with spear in their outer hand and a shield on their inner hand, between them one standard with a chi-ro.
Inscriptions: Obverse: CONSTANTI HUS MIIX IIVC (Constantine Greatest Augustus). Reverse: CLOH IA EXER… (glory of the army). Mint mark: S...Z (mint of Alexandria?).
Bibliography: RIC VIII 13?
Notes: Alexandria seems the most likely attribution, but since the mint mark is not fully visible we cannot be certain.
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