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ID number: BIRBI-R3269 Object type: Coin
Institution: The Barber Institute of Fine Arts Named collection: G. Haines Collection Collector: Haines, Geoffrey Maker: Constantine II; Constantine I; Treveri Denomination: Follis Place made: Europe: Germany, Rhineland-Palatinate, Trier Culture: Roman Date made: 326 Metal: Base metal Diameter (cm): 1.55 Weight (g): 1.18 Axis (degrees): 180.00 Provenance: Haines 1162. W. S. Lincoln, 1930. |

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Description: Obverse: Head of Constantine II, wearing laurel wreath, draped and cuirassed, facing r. Reverse: Inscription in three lines; star above.
Inscriptions: Obverse: None. Reverse: CONSTΛN-TINVS CHESHR (Constantine Caesar). In Exergue: STR
Bibliography: RIC VII 489 var.
Notes: According to RIC, the STR in the exergue of the reverse are mintmarks indicating Treveri. As opposed to the type in RIC, the obverse figure faces r., not l.
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