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ID number: BIRBI-R3398 Object type: Coin
Institution: The Barber Institute of Fine Arts Named collection: G. Haines Collection Collector: Haines, Geoffrey Maker: Constans I; Constantine I; Constantinople Denomination: Follis Place made: Eurasia: Istanbul Culture: Roman Date made: 333-335 Metal: Base Metal Diameter (cm): 1.89 Weight (g): 2.17 Axis (degrees): 180.00 Provenance: Haines 3312. Ex P. D. Whitting Collection, 1957. |

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Description: Obverse: Bust of Constans, facing l. draped, cuirassed, laureate. Reverse: two soldiers, cuirassed, each with spear in their outer hand and a shield in their inner hand, between them two standards.
Inscriptions: Obverse: FL CONSTANS NOB CAES (Flavius Constans most noble Caesar). Reverse: CLOR IA EXERC ITVS (glory of the army). Mint mark: · CONS IA (Constantinopolis 11).
Bibliography: RIC VII 83
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