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Numismatics

ID number:  BIRBI-R3141
Object type:  Coin
Institution:  The Barber Institute of Fine Arts
Named collection:  G. Haines Collection
Collector:  Haines, Geoffrey; Langwith Hoard
Maker:  Helena; Constantine I; Arelate
Denomination:  Follis
Place made:  Europe: France, Southeastern France, Arles
Culture:  Roman
Date made:  327
Metal:  Base metal
Diameter (cm):  1.95
Weight (g):  3.63
Axis (degrees):  0.00
Provenance:  Haines 850. From a find near Langwith, Yorkshire, Spink, 1924.
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Description:  Obverse: Head of Helena, wearing diadem, mantled with two-strand necklace, facing r. Reverse: Securitas, draped and veiled, standing facing l., holding branch in r. and raising robe with l.; S F in field to l. and r. respectively.

Inscriptions:  Obverse: FL HELEN-A AVCVSTA (Flavia Helena Augusta). Reverse: SECVRITHS REIPVBLICE (To the Security of the Republic). In Exergue: ΠRLT

Bibliography:  RIC VII 317

Notes:  According to RIC, the [A]RLT in the exergue of the reverse and S F in the field of the reverse are mintmarks (officinae) indicating Arelate.

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Constantine I
Roman
272
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Haines, Geoffrey Colton
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Langwith Hoard



Arelate
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Helena
Roman
c.247
330
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