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Numismatics

ID number:  BIRBI-R3234
Object type:  Coin
Institution:  The Barber Institute of Fine Arts
Named collection:  G. Haines Collection
Collector:  Haines, Geoffrey; Langwith Hoard
Maker:  Constantine II; Constantine I; Londinium
Denomination:  Follis
Place made:  Europe: United Kingdom, London
Culture:  Roman
Date made:  320-321
Metal:  Base metal
Diameter (cm):  1.95
Weight (g):  3.05
Axis (degrees):  180.00
Provenance:  Haines 860. From a find near Langwith, Yorkshire, Spink, 1924.
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Description:  Obverse: Head of Constantine II, wearing radiate crown, draped and cuirassed, facing l. Reverse: Standard inscribed VOT XX between two captives, seated on l. facing l. and on r. facing upwards.

Inscriptions:  Obverse: CONSTHNTI-NVS IVN N C (Constantine the Younger, Most Noble Caesar). Reverse: VIRTVS ΔϮCRCIT (To the Courage of the Army). In Exergue: PLN

Bibliography:  RIC VII 198

Notes:  According to RIC, the PLN in the exergue of the reverse are mintmarks indicating Londinium.

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