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ID number: BIRBI-R2794 Object type: Coin
Institution: The Barber Institute of Fine Arts Named collection: G. Haines Collection Collector: Haines, Geoffrey Maker: Constantine I; Ticinum Denomination: Follis Place made: Europe: Italy, Lombardy, Pavia Culture: Roman Date made: AD 307-308 Metal: Base metal Diameter (cm): 2.60 Weight (g): 6.87 Axis (degrees): 180.00 Provenance: Haines 3240. 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, facing r. Reverse: Roma, draped and helmeted, seated frontally with head facing l. in hexastyle temple, holding globe in r. and sceptre in l.; knobs as acroteria, pediment empty.
Inscriptions: Obverse: CONSTHNTINVS P F HVC (Constantine Pius Felix Augustus). Reverse: CONSERV VRB SVHE (Defender of his City). In Exergue: PT
Bibliography: RIC VI 93
Notes: According to RIC, the PT in the exergue of the reverse are mintmarks indicating Ticinum.
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