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A billon follis of the emperor Constantine the Great with a reverse showing Jove and an eagle Coin Type: Billon follis of Constantine the Great, Caesar 293-306 CE, Augustus 306-337 CE
Mint and Date: Thessalonica, officina 2; 312-313 CE.
Size and Weight: 23mm x 20mm, 3.75g
Obverse: IMP C CONSTANTINVS P F AVG
Laureate, draped and cuirassed bust right.
Reverse: IOVI CONSERVATORI AVGG NN
Nude Jupiter standing left. holding a tall sceptre and a statuette of Victory who crowns him, eagle at feet left holding up a wreath.
Exergue: •TS•B•
Ref: RIC VI Thessalonica 61b
BW Ref: 002 028 016
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