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ID number: BIRBI-R2998 Object type: Coin
Institution: The Barber Institute of Fine Arts Named collection: G. Haines Collection Collector: Haines, Geoffrey Maker: Constantine I; Rome Denomination: Follis Place made: Europe: Italy, Rome Culture: Roman Date made: 318-319 Metal: Base metal Diameter (cm): 2.00 Weight (g): 3.15 Axis (degrees): 180.00 Provenance: Haines 3231. Ex P. D. Whitting Collection (purchased at special price of 1/- each), 1957. |
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Description: Obverse: Head of Constantine, wearing high-crested, bowl-shaped helmet, cuirassed, facing r. Reverse: Roma, draped and helmeted, seated facing r. on shield, holding shield inscribed XV in two lines; P R in field, to l. and r. respectively.
Inscriptions: Obverse: CONST-HNTINUS HVC (Constantine Augustus). Reverse: ROMHE Hb̄TEANHE (To Eternal Rome). In Exergue: RT
Bibliography: RIC VII 148
Notes: According to RIC, the RT in the exergue of the reverse and P R in the field of the reverse are mintmarks (officinae) indicating Rome.
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