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Numismatics

ID number:  BIRBI-R2981
Object type:  Coin
Institution:  The Barber Institute of Fine Arts
Named collection:  G. Haines Collection
Collector:  Haines, Geoffrey
Maker:  Constantine I; Rome
Denomination:  Follis
Place made:  Europe: Italy, Rome
Culture:  Roman
Date made:  315
Metal:  Base metal
Diameter (cm):  2.00
Weight (g):  3.86
Axis (degrees):  180.00
Provenance:  Haines 4021. Presented by Mr. P. C. B. Wallis, 1963.
BIRBI-R2981.jpg

Description:  Obverse: Head of Constantine, wearing laurel wreath, draped and cuirassed, facing r. Reverse: Sol, naked but cloaked and radiate, standing facing l., raising r. hand and holding globe in l.; S and F, to l. and r. respectively.

Inscriptions:  Obverse: IMP CONSTHNTINIIS P F HIIC (Imperator Constantine Pius Felix Augustus). Reverse: SOLI INII-I-CTO COMITI (To the Invincible Sol, Minister [of the Emperor]). In Exergue: AQ

Bibliography:  RIC VII 33

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

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Constantine I
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Haines, Geoffrey Colton
British
1899
1981-09-14
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