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ID number: BIRBI-R2885 Object type: Coin
Institution: The Barber Institute of Fine Arts Named collection: G. Haines Collection Collector: Haines, Geoffrey Maker: Constantine I; Londinium Denomination: Follis Place made: Europe: United Kingdom, London Culture: Roman Date made: 313-314 Metal: Base metal Diameter (cm): 2.15 Weight (g): 2.69 Axis (degrees): 180.00 Provenance: Haines 2562. From the collection of either the late Prof. Sir Charles Oman or of Mr C. C. Oman, 1949. |

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Description: Obverse: Head of Constantine, wearing laurel wreath, cuirassed, facing r. Reverse: Sol, naked but cloaked and radiate, standing facing l., raising r. hand and holding globe in l.; S F in field, to l. and r. respectively.
Inscriptions: Obverse: IMP CONSTIINTINVS IIVC (Imperator Constantine Augustus). Reverse: SOLI INVIC-TO CUMITI (The Invincible Sol, Minister [of the Emperor]). In Exergue: PLN
Bibliography: RIC VII 10
Notes: According to RIC, the PLN in the exergue of the reverse and S F in the field of the reverse are mintmarks (officinae) indicating Londinium.
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