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ID number:  BIRBI-R3011
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):  1.95
Weight (g):  2.97
Axis (degrees):  315.00
Provenance:  Haines 3351. Ex P. D. Whitting Collection (purchased at special price of 1/- each), 1957.
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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-TIAE HVCC (To the Foresight of the Emperors). In Exergue: R[laurel wreath]S

Bibliography:  RIC VII 287

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

3 Related People

Constantine I
Roman
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337
Rome
Roman;Byzantine;Italian


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Haines, Geoffrey Colton
British
1899
1981-09-14
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