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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.
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