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Numismatics

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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1856
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