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Numismatics

ID number:  BIRBI-R3259
Object type:  Coin
Institution:  The Barber Institute of Fine Arts
Named collection:  G. Haines Collection
Collector:  Haines, Geoffrey
Maker:  Constantine II; Constantine I; Lugdunum
Denomination:  Follis
Place made:  Europe: France, Lyons
Culture:  Roman
Date made:  321
Metal:  Base metal
Diameter (cm):  2.00
Weight (g):  3.82
Axis (degrees):  0.00
Provenance:  Haines 1735. W. S. Lincoln, 1933.
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Description:  Obverse: Head of Constantine II, wearing laurel wreath, draped and cuirassed, seen from back, facing r. Reverse: Globe on altar, inscribed VO•TIS XX in three lines; three stars above, and C R in field, to l. and r. respectively.

Inscriptions:  Obverse: CONSTHNTINVS IVN N C (Constantine the Younger, Most Noble Caesar). Reverse: BEATA TRΛN-***-QVILLITHS (Blessed Peace). In Exergue: PLC

Bibliography:  RIC VII 148

Notes:  According to RIC, the PL[G] in the exergue of the reverse and C R in the field of the reverse are mintmarks (officinae) indicating Lugdunum.

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