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| Collection: | Corinth | |
| Type: | Coin | |
| Name: | 1981 269 | |
| Title: | Roman Imperial Copper/Bronze Follis of Constantine I, Rome Mint (AD 312 - AD 313) | |
| Year: | 1981 | |
| Coin Number: | 269 | |
| Period: | Roman Imperial | |
| Material: | AE | |
| Denomination: | follis | |
| Mint: | Rome | |
| Authority: | Constantine I | |
| Obverse Legend: | IMP [C CONSTA]NT[IN]VS P F AVG | |
| Obverse Type: | Emperor bust r., laureate, draped, wearing cuirass | |
| Reverse Legend: | LIBE]RATORI - VRBIS SVAE | |
| Reverse Type: | Roma facing, with head l., seated in hexastyle temple with crescent and dot in pediment, holding [globe] in r. hand, [scepter] in l. hand | |
| Symbol: | [mint mark] | |
| Axis Clock: | 6 | |
| Weight Description: | 2.84 | |
| Weight: | 2.84 | |
| Diameter: | 21 x 16 | |
| Chronology: | AD 312 - AD 313 | |
| Context: | NB743 B26 P35 | |
| Findspot Description: | East of Theater; 95 BD Excavation Date: 6/5/1981 Notebook 743, p. 35 Basket 26, NB743 B26 P35, . | |
| Area: | East of Theater | |
| Notes: | Study Collection. Data Entry Funded by the Kress Foundation. Negative 81-51-28/29 CONS. 01-24 Coin broken Rare issue: Issue with reverse type "Woman in temple" and CONSERVATOR...or LIBERATOR... is rare for Athens (1 specimen in Agora II, p. 37, #874) and Corinth (none in Edwards! and none in J E Fisher's reports) Type seems to date from time of Maxentius (306- ). Our particular specimen is designated as r2 (up to 25 specimen known) in RIC. The reverse type, "Roma in Temple" with RESTITVTOR VRBIS SVAE or LIBERATORI VRBIS SVAE, celebrates Constantine's defeat of Maxentius "deliberately stressing the beneficence of that victory." RIC VI, p. 52-3. Note: Maxentius (307 AD) uses similar reverse but with CONSERVATORES VRB SVAE 8a! RIC VI, p.50 | |
| Reference: | RIC VI, p. 387, #304; Williams and Zervos 1982, no. 51, p. 153 | |
| Published: | Hesperia 1982, p. 153, #51 | |
| Site: | Corinth | |
| City: | Ancient Corinth | |
| Country: | Greece | |
| References: | Publication: Williams & Zervos, Hesperia 51:2, 1982 Image: digital 2011 5627 Image: digital 2011 5628 Image: digital 2011 5629 |
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