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ID number: BIRBI-R2795 Object type: Coin
Institution: The Barber Institute of Fine Arts Named collection: G. Haines Collection Collector: Haines, Geoffrey Maker: Constantine I; Ticinum Denomination: Follis Place made: Europe: Italy, Lombardy, Pavia Culture: Roman Date made: AD 307-308 Metal: Base metal Diameter (cm): 2.50 Weight (g): 5.70 Axis (degrees): 0.00 Provenance: Haines 3239. 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, facing r. Reverse: Hercules, naked, standing facing l., fighting lion; club at feet, to r.
Inscriptions: Obverse: COΠSTHNTINVS P F HVC (Constantine Pius Felix Augustus). Reverse: VIRTVS PER-PETVΔ AVC (The Perpetual Courage of the Emperor). In Exergue: TT
Bibliography: RIC VI 99
Notes: According to RIC, the TT in the exergue of the reverse are mintmarks indicating Ticinum.
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