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ID number: BIRBI-R2792 Object type: Coin
Institution: The Barber Institute of Fine Arts Named collection: G. Haines Collection Collector: Haines, Geoffrey Maker: Constantine I; Galerius; Ticinum Denomination: Follis Place made: Europe: Italy, Lombardy, Pavia Culture: Roman Date made: AD 307 Metal: Base metal Diameter (cm): 2.70 Weight (g): 4.73 Axis (degrees): 0.00 Provenance: Haines 1107. In Paris, 1929. |

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Description: Obverse: Head of Constantine, wearing laurel wreath, facing r. Reverse: Hercules, naked, standing facing l., fighting lion; club at feet, to r.
Inscriptions: Obverse: CONSTHNTINVS NOB CAES (Constantine, Noble Caesar). Reverse: HERCVLI CONSERVHT CAES (To Hercules, Protector of the Caesar). In Exergue: IΓ
Bibliography: RIC VI 87
Notes: According to RIC, the [ST] in the exergue of the reverse are mintmarks indicating Ticinum.
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