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ID number: BIRBI-R2970 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: 332-333 Metal: Base metal Diameter (cm): 1.90 Weight (g): 2.76 Axis (degrees): 180.00 Provenance: Haines 1382. W. S. Lincoln, 1932. |

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Description: Obverse: Head of Roma, wearing helmet, in imperial cloak, facing l. Reverse: She-wolf, standing facing l., suckling twins; two stars, above, with branch in between.
Inscriptions: Obverse: VRBS ROMA (The City of Rome). Reverse: None. In Exergue: SCONSc
Bibliography: RIC VII 368
Notes: According to RIC, the SCONS[T] in the exergue of the reverse and [branch] in the field of the reverse are mintmarks (officina) indicating Arelate.
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