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ID number: BIRBI-R2813 Object type: Coin
Institution: The Barber Institute of Fine Arts Named collection: G. Haines Collection Collector: Haines, Geoffrey Maker: Constantine I; Ostia Denomination: Follis Place made: Europe: Italy, Rome, Ostia Culture: Roman Date made: 312-313 Metal: Base metal Diameter (cm): 2.25 Weight (g): 5.76 Axis (degrees): 135.00 Provenance: Haines 1521. W. S. Lincoln, 1932. |

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Description: Obverse: Head of Constantine, wearing laurel wreath, cuirassed, facing r. Reverse: Legionary eagle, standing facing l., between vexilla to l. topped by r. hand and vexilla to r. topped by laurel wreath; flag on l. and central vexilla.
Inscriptions: Obverse: IMD C CONSTANTINVS P F AVC (Imperator Caesar Constantine Pius Felix Augustus). Reverse: S P Q R OPTINO PRINCIPI (From the Senate and People of Rome to the best of Princes). In Exergue: NOSTS
Bibliography: RIC VI 94
Notes: According to RIC, the NOSTS in the exergue of the reverse are mintmarks indicating Ostia.
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