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ID number: BIRBI-R2774 Object type: Coin
Institution: The Barber Institute of Fine Arts Named collection: G. Haines Collection Collector: Haines, Geoffrey Maker: Constantine I; Galerius; Treveri Denomination: Half-Follis Place made: Europe: Germany, Rhineland-Palatinate, Trier Culture: Roman Date made: AD 307 Metal: Base metal Diameter (cm): 2.20 Weight (g): 3.83 Axis (degrees): 225.00 Provenance: Haines 3172. Ex P. D. Whitting Collection (purchased at special price of 1/- each), 1957. |

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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 A in field, to l. and r. respectively.
Inscriptions: Obverse: FL VAL CONSTANTINVS N C (Flavius Valerius Constantine, Noble Caesar). Reverse: MAWTI PAT-RI PROPVC (To Mars, the Defending Father). In Exergue: PTR
Bibliography: RIC VI 741
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.
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