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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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