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ID number: BIRBI-R2883 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: 313-314 Metal: Base metal Diameter (cm): 2.10 Weight (g): 2.87 Axis (degrees): 180.00 Provenance: Haines 3188. 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: Emperor, in military attire, seated on horseback facing l., r. hand raised and holding spear in l.; S b̄ in field, to l. and r. respectively.
Inscriptions: Obverse: IMP CONSTΛNTINVS HVG (Imperator Constantine Augustus). Reverse: HDVIN¯-VS ΛVC N (The Return of Our Augustus). In Exergue: PLN
Bibliography: RIC VII 1
Notes: According to RIC, the PLN in the exergue of the reverse and S [F] in the field of the reverse are mintmarks (officinae) indicating Londinium.
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