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ID number:  BIRBI-R3030
Object type:  Coin
Institution:  The Barber Institute of Fine Arts
Named collection:  G. Haines Collection
Collector:  Haines, Geoffrey
Maker:  Constantine I; Ticinum
Denomination:  Follis
Place made:  Europe: Italy, Lombardy, Pavia
Culture:  Roman
Date made:  318-319
Metal:  Base metal
Diameter (cm):  1.85
Weight (g):  3.02
Axis (degrees):  135.00
Provenance:  Haines 2564. From the collection of either the late Prof. Sir Charles Oman or of Mr C. C. Oman, 1949.
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Description:  Obverse: Head of Constantine, wearing laureated helmet, cuirassed, facing r. Reverse: Two Victories, winged and draped, standing facing each other, holding shield between them, inscribed VOT PR, above an altar; P within altar.

Inscriptions:  Obverse: IMP CONSTAN-TINVS MAX ΠVC (Imperator Constantine, Greatest Augustus). Reverse: VICTORIHE LAETAE PRIVC ΓERP (Joyous Victory to the Perpetual Prince). In Exergue: ST

Bibliography:  RIC VII 84

Notes:  According to RIC, the ST in the exergue of the reverse and P within the altar on the reverse are mintmarks (officina) indicating Ticinum.

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