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ID number: BIRBI-R2895 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: 319-320 Metal: Base metal Diameter (cm): 1.90 Weight (g): 3.35 Axis (degrees): 180.00 Provenance: Haines 1723. W. S. Lincoln, 1933. |

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Description: Obverse: Head of Constantine, wearing laureated helmet, cuirassed, facing r. Reverse: Two Victories, winged and draped, standing facing each other, holding shield between them, inscribed VOT PR, above an altar.
Inscriptions: Obverse: CONSTΛ-NTINVS ΛVC (Constantine Augustus). Reverse: VICTORIΛE LΛETΛE PRINC PERF (Joyous Victory to the Perpetual Prince). In Exergue: PLF
Bibliography: RIC VII 161 var.
Notes: According to RIC, the PL[N] in the exergue of the reverse are mintmarks indicating Londinium. As opposed to the RIC type, the obverse helmet includes a laurel wreath.
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