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ID number: BIRBI-R3299 Object type: Coin
Institution: The Barber Institute of Fine Arts Named collection: G. Haines Collection Collector: Haines, Geoffrey Maker: Constantine II; Lugdunum Denomination: Follis Place made: Europe: France, Lyons Culture: Roman Date made: 337-340 Metal: Base Metal Diameter (cm): 1.63 Weight (g): 1.80 Axis (degrees): 0.00 Provenance: Haines 3349. Ex P.D. Whitting Collection, 1957. |

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Description: Obverse: Bust of Constantine, facing r. diademed. Reverse: two soldiers, cuirassed, standing each with spear in their outer hand and a shield on their inner hand, between them one standard with a chi-ro.
Inscriptions: Obverse: …ONS-ΛNTI NB…. Reverse: CLOH IA HXEX ITV… (glory of the army). Mint mark: PLO (mint of Lugdunum).
Bibliography: RIC VIII 6-7
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