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ID number: BIRBI-R2776 Object type: Coin
Institution: The Barber Institute of Fine Arts Named collection: G. Haines Collection Collector: Haines, Geoffrey Maker: Constantine I; Treveri Denomination: Follis Place made: Europe: Germany, Rhineland-Palatinate, Trier Culture: Roman Date made: AD 307-308 Metal: Base metal Diameter (cm): 2.90 Weight (g): 6.38 Axis (degrees): 135.00 Provenance: Haines 3219. 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: Prince, in military attire, standing facing l., holding standard in each hand.; S A in field, to l. and r. respectively.
Inscriptions: Obverse: IMP CONSTHNTINVS P F ΛVC (Imperator Constantine Pius Felix Augustus). Reverse: PRINCIPI IV-VENTVTIS (To the Prince of Youth). In Exergue: PTR
Bibliography: RIC VI 781
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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