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ID number: BIRBI-R2900 Object type: Coin
Institution: The Barber Institute of Fine Arts Named collection: G. Haines Collection Collector: Haines, Geoffrey Colton; Appleford Hoard Maker: Constantine I; Londinium Denomination: Follis Place made: Europe: United Kingdom, London Culture: Roman Date made: 323-324 Metal: Base metal Diameter (cm): 1.90 Weight (g): 3.23 Axis (degrees): 180.00 Provenance: Haines 3743. Ex Appleford Hoard, A. H. Baldwin, 1961. |
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Description: Obverse: Head of Constantine, wearing laurel wreath, trabea, holding eagle-topped sceptre in r., facing r. Reverse: Globe on altar, inscribed VOT IS XX in three line; three stars, above.
Inscriptions: Obverse: CONSTΛN-TINVC ΛVC (Constantine Augustus). Reverse: BEΛT TRΛ-***-NQLITΛS (Blessed Peace). In Exergue: ⱵLOI
Bibliography: RIC VII 267
Notes: According to RIC, the [P]LO[N] in the exergue of the reverse are mintmarks indicating Londinium.
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