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ID number: BIRBI-R2785 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: AD 307 Metal: Base metal Diameter (cm): 2.55 Weight (g): 5.97 Axis (degrees): 0.00 Provenance: Haines 3199. 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, draped and cuirassed, facing r., seen from rear. Reverse: Prince, in military attire, standing facing l., holding standard in each hand.; N in field, to r.
Inscriptions: Obverse: IMP C CONSTUNTINVS P F HVC (Imperator Caesar Constantine Pius Felix Augustus). Reverse: PRINCIPI IVVE-NTVTIS (To the Prince of Youth). In Exergue: PLC
Bibliography: RIC VI 245
Notes: According to RIC, the PLC in the exergue of the reverse and N in the field of the reverse are mintmarks (officina) indicating Lugdunum.
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