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Numismatics

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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Haines, Geoffrey Colton
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