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ID number: BIRBI-R3301 Object type: Coin
Institution: The Barber Institute of Fine Arts Named collection: G. Haines Collection Collector: Haines, Geoffrey Maker: Constantine II; Rome Denomination: Follis Place made: Europe: Italy, Rome Culture: Roman Date made: 337-340 Metal: Base Metal Diameter (cm): 1.56 Weight (g): 1.73 Axis (degrees): 180.00 Provenance: Haines 1163. W.S. Lincoln, 1930. |

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Description: Obverse: Bust of Constantine, facing r. cuirassed, diademed. Reverse: The Emperor cuirassed standing facing r. holding reverse spear in his r. hand and shield in his l. hand.
Inscriptions: Obverse: VIC CONSTAHIINVS AVC (Victorious Constantine Augustus). Reverse: VIRT V… CVSTI (virtue of the Augustus). Mint mark: R [laurel branch] · P (mint of Rome).
Bibliography: RIC VIII 43
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