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ID number: BIRBI-R2810 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: 313 Metal: Base metal Diameter (cm): 2.40 Weight (g): 4.03 Axis (degrees): 225.00 Provenance: Haines 3222. 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., holding sceptre in r. and leaning on shield in l.; * in field, to l.
Inscriptions: Obverse: IMP C CONSTANTINVS P F HVC (Imperator Caesar Constantine Pius Felix Augustus). Reverse: MHRTI CON-SERVHTORI (Mars, the Defender). In Exergue: RS
Bibliography: RIC VI 306A var.
Notes: According to RIC, the RP in the exergue of the reverse and * in the field of the reverse are mintmarks indicating Rome. As opposed to the type in RIC, this coin has a variant mintmark (RS, not RP).
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