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ID number: BIRBI-R2750 Object type: Coin
Institution: The Barber Institute of Fine Arts Named collection: G. Haines Collection Collector: Haines, Geoffrey Maker: Constantine I; Galerius; Londinium Denomination: Follis Place made: Europe: United Kingdom, London Culture: Roman Date made: AD 307 Metal: Base metal Diameter (cm): 2.65 Weight (g): 9.48 Axis (degrees): 225.00 Provenance: Haines 3167. Ex P. D. Whitting Collection (purchased at special price of 1/- each), 1957. |

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Description: Obverse: Head of Constantine, wearing laurel wreath, cuirassed, facing r. Reverse: Genius, naked but cloaked, covering l. shoulder and loins, head towered, standing facing l., holding patera in r. and cornucopia in l.
Inscriptions: Obverse: CL VUL CONSTΠNTINVS NOB C (Flavius Valerius Constantine, Noble Caesar). Reverse: CENIO POP ROM (The Genius of the Roman People). In Exergue: PLN
Bibliography: RIC VI 88B
Notes: According to RIC, the PLN in the exergue of the reverse are mintmarks indicating Londinium.
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