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ID number: BIRBI-R2779 Object type: Coin
Institution: The Barber Institute of Fine Arts Named collection: G. Haines Collection Collector: Haines, Geoffrey Maker: Constantine I; Treveri Denomination: Half-Follis Place made: Europe: Germany, Rhineland-Palatinate, Trier Culture: Roman Date made: AD 310-311 Metal: Base metal Diameter (cm): 1.85 Weight (g): 2.32 Axis (degrees): 45.00 Provenance: Haines 3304. 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, standing facing r., holding spear in r. and shield in l.
Inscriptions: Obverse: CONS…A…TINVS ΛVC (Constantine Augustus). Reverse: NΛRTI CONSERV (To Mars, the Defender). In Exergue: PTR
Bibliography: RIC VI 897
Notes: According to RIC, the PTR in the exergue of the reverse are mintmarks indicating Treveri.
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