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ID number:  BIRBI-R2786
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 307-308
Metal:  Base metal
Diameter (cm):  2.75
Weight (g):  6.49
Axis (degrees):  45.00
Provenance:  Haines 3196. 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: Constantine, in military attire, standing frontally with head facing l., holding globe in r. and sceptre in l.

Inscriptions:  Obverse: IMP C CONSTHNTINVS P C HVC (Imperator Caesar Constantine Pius Felix Augustus). Reverse: CONSTANTINO P AVG B R P NHT (To Constantine, Prince, Emperor, born for the welfare of the State). In Exergue: PHC

Bibliography:  RIC VI 252

Notes:  According to RIC, the P[L]C in the exergue of the reverse are mintmarks indicating Lugdunum.

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