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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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Haines, Geoffrey Colton
British
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1981-09-14
Constantine I
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