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ID number: BIRBI-R2755 Object type: Coin
Institution: The Barber Institute of Fine Arts Named collection: G. Haines Collection Collector: Haines, Geoffrey Maker: Constantine I; Londinium Denomination: Follis Place made: Europe: United Kingdom, London Culture: Roman Date made: AD 307-310 Metal: Base metal Diameter (cm): 2.55 Weight (g): 5.37 Axis (degrees): 180.00 Provenance: Haines 3179. 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, cuirassed, facing r. Reverse: Prince, in military attire, standing frontally with head facing l., holding standard in each hand.
Inscriptions: Obverse: IMP CONb̄TΛN...VP P Γ UVC (Imperator Constantine Pius Felix Augustus). Reverse: PRINCIPI IV-VCNTVTIS (Prince of Youth). In Exergue: PLN
Bibliography: RIC VI 111
Notes: According to RIC, the PLN in the exergue of the reverse are mintmarks indicating Londinium.
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