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ID number: BIRBI-R3042 Object type: Coin
Institution: The Barber Institute of Fine Arts Named collection: G. Haines Collection Collector: Haines, Geoffrey Maker: Constantine I; Siscia Denomination: Follis Place made: Europe: Croatia, Sisak Culture: Roman Date made: 318-319 Metal: Base metal Diameter (cm): 1.90 Weight (g): 2.72 Axis (degrees): 45.00 Provenance: Haines 117. W. S. Lincoln, 1920. |

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Description: Obverse: Head of Constantine, wearing laureated helmet, cuirassed, facing r. Reverse: Two Victories, winged and draped, standing facing each other, holding shield between them, inscribed VOT PR, above an altar.
Inscriptions: Obverse: IMP CONΓTHNTINVS HVC (Imperator Constantine Augustus). Reverse: VICTORIAE LΛETΛE PRINC PERP (Joyous Victory to the Perpetual Prince). In Exergue: ΓSIS
Bibliography: RIC VII 54
Notes: According to RIC, the ΓSIS in the exergue of the reverse are mintmarks indicating Siscia.
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