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Numismatics

ID number:  BIRBI-R2754
Object type:  Coin
Institution:  The Barber Institute of Fine Arts
Named collection:  G. Haines Collection
Collector:  Haines, Geoffrey
Maker:  Constantine I; Londinium
Denomination:  Follis
Place made:  Europe: United Kingdom, London
Culture:  Roman
Date made:  AD 307-310
Metal:  Base metal
Diameter (cm):  2.60
Weight (g):  6.65
Axis (degrees):  225.00
Provenance:  Haines 1816. J. H. Daniels, 12 Buxton Road, Brighton, Sussex, 1934.
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Description:  Obverse: Head of Constantine, wearing laurel wreath, cuirassed, facing r. Reverse: Mars, naked but helmeted and cloaked, walking facing r., holding transverse spear in r. and shield in l.

Inscriptions:  Obverse: IMP CONSTΛNTINVS P E HVC (Imperator Constantine Pius Felix Augustus). Reverse: MΛRTI PΛT-RI PROPVG (To Mars, the Defending Father). In Exergue: PLN

Bibliography:  RIC VI 108

Notes:  According to RIC, the PLN in the exergue of the reverse are mintmarks indicating Londinium.

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