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ID number: BIRBI-R2767 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 312-313 Metal: Base metal Diameter (cm): 2.30 Weight (g): 4.05 Axis (degrees): 135.00 Provenance: Haines 3182. Ex P. D. Whitting Collection (purchased at special price of 1/- each), 1957. |

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Description: Obverse: Head of Constantine, wearing laureate helmet, cuirassed, holding spear in r. over r. shoulder and shield in l., facing l. Reverse: Sol, naked but radiate and cloaked, standing facing l., raising r. hand and holding globe in l.; * in field, to l.
Inscriptions: Obverse: CONSTΛNTINVS HV-C (Constantine Augustus). Reverse: SOLI INVI-C-TO COMITI (To the Invincible Sol, Minister [of the Emperor]). In Exergue: PLN
Bibliography: RIC VI 240 var.
Notes: According to RIC, the PLN in the exergue of the reverse and * in the field of the reverse are mintmarks (officina) indicating Londinium. As opposed to the type in RIC, the mintmark on the reverse is l. rather than r.
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