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ID number: BIRBI-R3271 Object type: Coin
Institution: The Barber Institute of Fine Arts Named collection: G. Haines Collection Collector: Haines, Geoffrey Maker: Constantine II; Constantine I; Arelate Denomination: Follis Place made: Europe: France, Southeastern France, Arles Culture: Roman Date made: 317 Metal: Base metal Diameter (cm): 2.00 Weight (g): 3.46 Axis (degrees): 180.00 Provenance: Haines 695. Spink, 1923. |

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Description: Obverse: Head of Constantine II, wearing laurel wreath, cuirassed, facing r. Reverse: Sol, naked but cloaked and radiate, advancing facing l., raising r. hand and holding globe and whip in l.; R S in field, to l. and r. respectively.
Inscriptions: Obverse: CONSTANTINVS IVN NOB CAES (Constantine the Younger, Most Noble Caesar). Reverse: CLARIT-A-S REIPVB (To the Renown of the Republic). In Exergue: SAPL
Bibliography: RIC VII 122
Notes: According to RIC, the SA[R]L in the exergue of the reverse and R S in the field of the reverse are mintmarks (officinae) indicating Arelate.
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