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Numismatics ID number: BIRBI-R2789 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 308-309 Metal: Base metal Diameter (cm): 2.90 Weight (g): 6.54 Axis (degrees): 315.00 Provenance: Haines 3195. 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: Mars (or Virtus), in military dress and helmeted, standing facing l., holding Victory on globe in r., and transverse spear and shield in l.; to left, seated captive. CI and S H in field, to mid l., mid r. and top r. respectively. Inscriptions: Obverse: INP C CONSTHNTINVS P F HVC (Imperator Caesar Constantine Pius Felix Augustus). Reverse: VIRΓ PERD CON-STANTINI HVC (The Perpetual Courage of Constantine Augustus). In Exergue: PLC Bibliography: RIC VI 302 Notes: According to RIC, the PLC in the exergue of the reverse and CI S H (anticlockwise) in the field of the reverse are mintmarks (officinae) indicating Lugdunum. |
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| Lugdunum Roman | |
| Haines, Geoffrey Colton British 1899 1981-09-14 | |
| Constantine I Roman 272 337 | |
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