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ID number: BIRBI-R3031 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: 320-321 Metal: Base metal Diameter (cm): 2.05 Weight (g): 3.08 Axis (degrees): 225.00 Provenance: Haines 1608. W. S. Lincoln, 1932. |
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Description: Obverse: Head of Constantine, wearing laurel wreath, facing r. Reverse: Part of inscription in two lines encircled within wreath.
Inscriptions: Obverse: CONSTAN-TINVS AVG (Constantine Augustus). Reverse: D N CONSTıINTINI MAX HVC VOT • X X (Our Lord Constantine, Greatest Augustus; Prayers for Twenty Years). In Exergue: ST
Bibliography: RIC VII 140
Notes: According to RIC, the ST in the exergue of the reverse are mintmarks indicating Ticinum.
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