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ID number:  BIRBI-R2771
Object type:  Coin
Institution:  The Barber Institute of Fine Arts
Named collection:  G. Haines Collection
Collector:  Haines, Geoffrey
Maker:  Constantine I; Galerius; Treveri
Denomination:  Follis
Place made:  Europe: Germany, Rhineland-Palatinate, Trier
Culture:  Roman
Date made:  AD 307
Metal:  Base metal
Diameter (cm):  2.80
Weight (g):  7.77
Axis (degrees):  180.00
Provenance:  Haines 2854. Rev. Sydenham Collection Sale, A. H. Baldwin, 1953
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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.; S H in field, to l. and r. respectively.

Inscriptions:  Obverse: FL VAL CONSTANTINVS NOB C (Flavius Valerius Constantine, Noble Caesar). Reverse: MARTI PATRI P-RO-PVGNATORI (To Mars, the Defending Father). In Exergue: PTR

Bibliography:  RIC VI 730

Notes:  According to RIC, the PTR in the exergue of the reverse and S [A] in the field of the reverse are mintmarks (officinae) indicating Treveri.

4 Related People

Constantine I
Roman
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Galerius
Roman

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Treveri
Roman


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Haines, Geoffrey Colton
British
1899
1981-09-14
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