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ID number: BIRBI-R2777 Object type: Coin
Institution: The Barber Institute of Fine Arts Named collection: G. Haines Collection Collector: Haines, Geoffrey Maker: Constantine I; Treveri Denomination: Argentius Place made: Europe: Germany, Rhineland-Palatinate, Trier Culture: Roman Date made: AD 309-313 Metal: Silver Diameter (cm): 1.55 Weight (g): 1.71 Axis (degrees): 0.00 Provenance: Haines 1785. A. H. Baldwin, 1933. |
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Description: Obverse: Head of Constantine, wearing laurel wreath, cuirassed, facing r. Reverse: Four-turreted gateway, with no doors.
Inscriptions: Obverse: IMP CONSTΠNTINVS HVC (Imperator Constantine Augustus). Reverse: VIRTVS MILITVM (The Courage of the Soldiers). In Exergue: PTR
Bibliography: RIC VI 828
Notes: According to RIC, the PTR in the exergue of the reverse are mintmarks indicating Treveri.
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