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ID number: BIRBI-R2966 Object type: Coin
Institution: The Barber Institute of Fine Arts Named collection: G. Haines Collection Collector: Haines, Geoffrey Maker: Constantine I; Arelate Denomination: Follis Place made: Europe: France, Southeastern France, Arles Culture: Roman Date made: 328 Metal: Base metal Diameter (cm): 1.95 Weight (g): 3.33 Axis (degrees): 0.00 Provenance: Haines 316. W. S. Lincoln, 1920. |

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Description: Obverse: Head of Constantine, wearing pearl-diadem, facing r. Reverse: Camp gate with four turrets, doors open, star above; S F to l. and r. respectively.
Inscriptions: Obverse: CONSTHN-TINVS AVC (Constantine Augustus). Reverse: VIRTV-S HVCC (To the Foresight of the Emperors). In Exergue: SCONST
Bibliography: RIC VII 321
Notes: According to RIC, the SCONST in the exergue of the reverse and S F in the field of the reverse are mintmarks (officinae) indicating Arelate.
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