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ID number:  BIRBI-R2959
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:  335-337
Metal:  Base metal
Diameter (cm):  1.70
Weight (g):  1.84
Axis (degrees):  180.00
Provenance:  Haines 4124. Placed in Collection 1967, Ex P. D. Whitting Collection - acquired in 1966.
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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, holding one standard with drapery between them and a spear each.

Inscriptions:  Obverse: CONSΓΠNTI-NVS MHX ΛVC (Constantine, Greatest Augustus). Reverse: CLOR-… ʌERC-ITVS (To the Glory of the Army). In Exergue: •TAP•

Bibliography:  RIC VII 590

Notes:  According to RIC, the •T[R]P• in the exergue of the reverse are mintmarks indicating Treveri.

3 Related People

Constantine I
Roman
272
337
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Haines, Geoffrey Colton
British
1899
1981-09-14
Treveri
Roman


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