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ID number: BIRBI-R2920 Object type: Coin
Institution: The Barber Institute of Fine Arts Named collection: G. Haines Collection Collector: Haines, Geoffrey; Gibraltar Hoard Maker: Constantine I; Lugdunum Denomination: Follis Place made: Europe: France, Lyons Culture: Roman Date made: 323-324 Metal: Base metal Diameter (cm): 1.90 Weight (g): 3.23 Axis (degrees): 0.00 Provenance: Haines 2819. Presented by Mr F. S. Snow, 1952 - ex Gibraltar Hoard. |
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Description: Obverse: Head of Constantine, wearing laurel wreath, facing r. Reverse: Victory, winged and draped, walking facing r., holding trophy in r. and branch in l., seated captive at feet, to r.; C in field, to l.
Inscriptions: Obverse: CONSTAN-TINVS ΛVC (Constantine Augustus). Reverse: SΠRMΠTIH DEVICTH (Samartia Vanquished). In Exergue: PLGᴗ
Bibliography: RIC VII 219
Notes: According to RIC, the PLGᴗ in the exergue of the reverse and C in the field of the reverse are mintmarks (officina) indicating Lugdunum.
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