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ID number:  BIRBI-R3396
Object type:  Coin
Institution:  The Barber Institute of Fine Arts
Named collection:  G. Haines Collection
Collector:  Haines, Geoffrey
Maker:  Constans I; Constantine I; Treveri
Denomination:  Follis
Place made:  Europe: Germany, Rhineland-Palatinate, Trier
Culture:  Roman
Date made:  335-337
Metal:  Base Metal
Diameter (cm):  1.62
Weight (g):  1.84
Axis (degrees):  0.00
Provenance:  Haines 3311. Ex P. D. Whitting Collection, 1957.
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Description:  Obverse: Bust of Constans, facing r. draped, cuirassed, laureate. Reverse: two soldiers, cuirassed, each with spear in their outer hand and a shield in their inner hand, between them one standard.

Inscriptions:  Obverse: PL IVL CO… NOB CHCS (Flavius Julius Constans most noble Caesar). Reverse: CLOR IH EXVRC ITVS (glory of the army). Mint mark: · TAP · (mint of Treveri).

Bibliography:  RIC VII 593 var.

Notes:  Soldiers do not hold standard.

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Constantine I
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Haines, Geoffrey Colton
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Treveri
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