The Barber Institute of Fine Arts, the Lapworth Museum of Geology and the University of Birmingham Collections - Objects
ID number: BIRBI-R3079
Institution: The Barber Institute of Fine Arts
Named collection: G. Haines Collection
Artist / Maker: Constantine I (306-337)
Title / Object name / Definition: Follis
Object type: Coin
Place made: Mint of Constantinople
Culture: Roman
Date made: 330-335
Collector: G. Haines
Materials: Copper
Measurements: 2.25 g
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Description: Obverse: Helmeted bust of Roma, facing left.
Reverse: She-wolf suckling Romulus and Remus, two stars above. It is interesting that Constantine should mint a coin with the head of the personification of Rome in his newly dedicated capital city, the New Rome, Constantinople. The reverse on the coin shows a scene from the foundation myth of Rome where the abandoned twins, Romulus and Remus, are being raised by a she-wolf; the brothers would eventually found Rome, Romulus becoming the first king.
Inscriptions / Translations: Obverse: VRBS ROMA (City of Rome)
CONSE (Mint mark of Constantinople)
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