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Numismatics

ID number:  BIRBI-R2796
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 312-313
Metal:  Base metal
Diameter (cm):  2.25
Weight (g):  4.86
Axis (degrees):  45.00
Provenance:  Haines 3241. 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, in military attire and helmeted, standing facing r., leaning on reversed spear in r. and shield in l.

Inscriptions:  Obverse: CONSTHNTINVS P F HVC (Constantine Pius Felix Augustus). Reverse: MHRTI CON-SERVHTORI (To Mars, the Defender). In Exergue: PT

Bibliography:  RIC VI 124A

Notes:  According to RIC, the PT in the exergue of the reverse are mintmarks indicating Ticinum.

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