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ID number:  BIRBI-R2954
Object type:  Coin
Institution:  The Barber Institute of Fine Arts
Named collection:  G. Haines Collection
Collector:  Haines, Geoffrey
Maker:  Constantine I; Treveri
Denomination:  Follis
Place made:  Europe: Germany, Rhineland-Palatinate, Trier
Culture:  Roman
Date made:  333-334
Metal:  Base metal
Diameter (cm):  1.70
Weight (g):  2.39
Axis (degrees):  0.00
Provenance:  Haines 983. Presented by the Ex Sir Charles Oman Collection, 1928.
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Description:  Obverse: Head of Constantine, wearing rosette diadem, draped and cuirassed, facing r. Reverse: Two soldiers, helmeted and in military attire, standing facing each other with two standards between them, each holding spear and leaning on shield; laurel wreath in between the two figures and two standards.

Inscriptions:  Obverse: CONSTHNTI-...VS HHX HVC (Constantine, Greatest Augustus). Reverse: GLOR-IH cʌuˍ… (To the Glory of the Army) In Exergue: TRS•

Bibliography:  RIC VII 549

Notes:  According to RIC, the TRS• in the exergue of the reverse and [laurel wreath] in the field of the reverse are mintmarks (officina) indicating Treveri.

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