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ID number: BIRBI-R2893 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: 319 Metal: Base metal Diameter (cm): 1.95 Weight (g): 3.50 Axis (degrees): 180.00 Provenance: Haines 2856. Rev. Sydenham Collection Sale, A. H. Baldwin, 1953. |

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Description: Obverse: Head of Constantine, wearing high-crested helmet, cuirassed, holding spear in r., facing l. Reverse: Two Victories, winged and draped, standing facing each other, holding shield between them, inscribed VOT PR, on column.
Inscriptions: Obverse: IMP CONSTΛNTI-NVS IIVC (Imperator Constantine Augustus). Reverse: VICTOHIΛE LΛETΛE PRINC PFRP (Joyous Victory to the Perpetual Prince). In Exergue: PLN
Bibliography: RIC VII 156
Notes: According to RIC, the PLN in the exergue of the reverse are mintmarks indicating Londinium.
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