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ID number:  BIRBI-R3021
Object type:  Coin
Institution:  The Barber Institute of Fine Arts
Named collection:  G. Haines Collection
Collector:  Haines, Geoffrey
Maker:  Constantine I; Ticinum
Denomination:  Follis
Place made:  Europe: Italy, Lombardy, Pavia
Culture:  Roman
Date made:  314-315
Metal:  Base metal
Diameter (cm):  2.15
Weight (g):  3.42
Axis (degrees):  225.00
Provenance:  Haines 3247. 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, cuirassed, facing r. Reverse: Sol, naked but cloaked and radiate, standing facing l., raising r. hand and holding globe in l.; * in field, to l.

Inscriptions:  Obverse: IMP CONSTHNTINVS P F HVC (Imperator Constantine Pius Felix Augustus). Reverse: SOLI INVI-C-TO COMITI (To the Invincible Sol, Minister [to the Emperor]). In Exergue: S•T

Bibliography:  RIC VII 21

Notes:  According to RIC, the S•T in the exergue of the reverse and * in the field of the reverse are mintmarks (officina) indicating Ticinum.

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