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Numismatics

ID number:  BIRBI-R3009
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:  326
Metal:  Base metal
Diameter (cm):  2.00
Weight (g):  3.13
Axis (degrees):  180.00
Provenance:  Haines 214. W. S. Lincoln, 1920.
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Description:  Obverse: Head of Constantine, wearing laurel wreath, facing r. Reverse: Open camp gate with two turrets, no doors; star above.

Inscriptions:  Obverse: CONSTHN-TINVS HVC (Constantine Augustus). Reverse: PROVIDEN-TIHE AVCC (To the Foresight of the Emperors). In Exergue: R[laurel wreath]Y

Bibliography:  RIC VII 287

Notes:  According to RIC, the R[laurel wreath][P] in the exergue of the reverse are mintmarks indicating Rome.

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Haines, Geoffrey Colton
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1899
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Constantine I
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Rome
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