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ID number: BIRBI-R2797 Object type: Coin
Institution: The Barber Institute of Fine Arts Named collection: G. Haines Collection Collector: Haines, Geoffrey Maker: Constantine I; Galerius; Aquileia Denomination: Follis Place made: Europe: Italy, Aquileia Culture: Roman Date made: AD 307 Metal: Base metal Diameter (cm): 2.65 Weight (g): 6.53 Axis (degrees): 45.00 Provenance: Haines 3173. 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 and moustache, facing r. Reverse: Roma, draped and helmeted, seated frontally with head facing l. in hexastyle temple, holding globe in r. and sceptre in l., with shield by l. side; knobs as acroteria, laurel wreath within pediment.
Inscriptions: Obverse: CONSTHNTINVS NOB CHES (Constantine, Noble Caesar). Reverse: CONSERV VDB SVHE (Defender of his City). In Exergue: HQΓ
Bibliography: RIC VI 117
Notes: According to RIC, the [A]Q[T] in the exergue of the reverse are mintmarks indicating Aquileia.
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