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ID number: BIRBI-R2763 Object type: Coin
Institution: The Barber Institute of Fine Arts Named collection: G. Haines Collection Collector: Haines, Geoffrey; Webb, Percy H. Maker: Constantine I; Londinium Denomination: Follis Place made: Europe: United Kingdom, London Culture: Roman Date made: AD 310-312 Metal: Base metal Diameter (cm): 2.25 Weight (g): 4.32 Axis (degrees): 225.00 Provenance: Haines 982. Presented by Mr Percy H. Webb, 1957. |
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Description: Obverse: Head of Constantine, wearing laurel wreath, cuirassed, facing r. Reverse: Prince, in military attire, standing frontally with head facing l., holding standard in each hand; * in field, to r.
Inscriptions: Obverse: COHBTΛNTIHVS Γ … HVC (Constantine Pius Felix Augustus). Reverse: PRINCIPI IV-VENΓVTIC (To the Prince of Youth). In Exergue: PLN
Bibliography: RIC VI 215
Notes: According to RIC, the PLN in the exergue of the reverse and * in the field of the reverse are mintmarks (officina) indicating Londinium.
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