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ID number: BIRBI-R2808 Object type: Coin
Institution: The Barber Institute of Fine Arts Named collection: G. Haines Collection Collector: Haines, Geoffrey Maker: Constantine I; Rome Denomination: Follis Place made: Europe: Italy, Rome Culture: Roman Date made: 312-313 Metal: Base metal Diameter (cm): 2.20 Weight (g): 4.98 Axis (degrees): 180.00 Provenance: Haines 3225. 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. Reverse: Legionary eagle, standing facing l., between two vexilla.
Inscriptions: Obverse: IMP CONSTHNTINVS P ᴦ̄ HVC (Imperator Constantine Pius Felix Augustus). Reverse: S P Q R ODTIMO PΛIHCIDI (From the Senate and People of Rome to the best of Princes). In Exergue: RP
Bibliography: RIC VI 350A
Notes: According to RIC, the RP in the exergue of the reverse are mintmarks indicating Rome.
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