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ID number: BIRBI-R2917 Object type: Coin
Institution: The Barber Institute of Fine Arts Named collection: G. Haines Collection Collector: Haines, Geoffrey Maker: Constantine I; Lugdunum Denomination: Follis Place made: Europe: France, Lyons Culture: Roman Date made: 321 Metal: Base metal Diameter (cm): 1.95 Weight (g): 3.03 Axis (degrees): 0.00 Provenance: Haines 3208. Ex P. D. Whitting Collection (purchased at special price of 1/- each), 1957. |
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Description: Obverse: Head of Constantine, wearing laurel wreath, facing r. Reverse: Trophy, inscribed VOT XX in two lines, between two seated captives, on either side; C R in field, to l. and r. respectively.
Inscriptions: Obverse: CONSTHN-TINVS AVC (Constantine Augustus). Reverse: VIRTVS BXERCIT (To the Courage of the Army). In Exergue: PLC
Bibliography: RIC VII 113
Notes: According to RIC, the PL[G] in the exergue of the reverse and C R in the field of the reverse are mintmarks (officinae) indicating Lugdunum.
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