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A coin of the emperor Constantine the Great with a reverse showing Genius holding the head of Sol Coin Type: Billon follis of Constantine the Great, Caesar 293-306 CE, Augustus 306-337 CE
Mint and Date: Antioch, officina 11, 312 CE
Size and Weight: 19mm, 4.7g
Obverse: IMP C FL VAL CONSTANTINVS P F AVG
Laureate head right.
Reverse: GENIO AVGVSTI
Genius standing left, modius on head, naked but for chlamys over shoulder, holding head of Sol in right hand and cornucopia in left arm.
Field Marks: Star in left field, AI in right field.
Exergue: ANT
Provenance: Herakles Coins (Vcoins), January 2006
Ref: RIC VI Antioch 164c
BW Ref: 033 028 072
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