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ID number: BIRBI-R2977 Object type: Coin
Institution: The Barber Institute of Fine Arts Named collection: G. Haines Collection Collector: Haines, Geoffrey Maker: Constantine I; Rome Denomination: Half-Follis Place made: Europe: Italy, Rome Culture: Roman Date made: 313 Metal: Base metal Diameter (cm): 1.60 Weight (g): 1.35 Axis (degrees): 0.00 Provenance: Haines 3234. Ex P. D. Whitting Collection (purchased at special price of 1/- each), 1957. |
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Description: Obverse: Head of Constantine, bare, facing r. Reverse: Two Victories, winged and draped, advancing facing r. with standard in between, both holding wreath in r. and branch in l.
Inscriptions: Obverse: IMP COWSTIIHTINVS P F HVG (Imperator Constantine Pius Felix Augustus). Reverse: ...LOPI-H P-CFPET (Perpetual Glory). In Exergue: RD
Bibliography: RIC VII 14
Notes: According to RIC, the R[P] in the exergue of the reverse are mintmarks indicating Rome.
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