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Numismatics ID number: BIRBI-R2784 Object type: Coin Institution: The Barber Institute of Fine Arts Named collection: G. Haines Collection Collector: Haines, Geoffrey Maker: Constantine I; Lugdunum Denomination: Follis Place made: Europe: France, Lyons Culture: Roman Date made: AD 307 Metal: Base metal Diameter (cm): 2.60 Weight (g): 6.36 Axis (degrees): 315.00 Provenance: Haines 3197. 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, draped and cuirassed, facing r., seen from rear. Reverse: Mars, naked but helmeted, standing facing r., leaning on reversed spear in r. and shield in l.; N in field, to l. Inscriptions: Obverse: IMP C CONSTUNTINVS P F HVC (Imperator Caesar Constantine Pius Felix Augustus). Reverse: MHRTI PHTRI CONSERVHTORI (To Mars, the Defending Father). In Exergue: PLC Bibliography: RIC VI 241 var. Notes: According to RIC, the PLC in the exergue of the reverse and N in the field of the reverse are mintmarks (officina) indicating Lugdunum. As opposed to the type in RIC, the figure of Mars on the reverse is naked. |
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| Constantine I Roman 272 337 | |
| Haines, Geoffrey Colton British 1899 1981-09-14 | |
| Lugdunum Roman | |
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