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ID number: BIRBI-R2898 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: 322-323 Metal: Base metal Diameter (cm): 1.90 Weight (g): 2.16 Axis (degrees): 135.00 Provenance: Haines 3020. Spink, 1955. |

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Description: Obverse: Head of Constantine, wearing laurel wreath, trabea, holding eagle-topped sceptre in r., facing l. Reverse: Globe on altar, inscribed VOT IS XX in three line; three stars, above.
Inscriptions: Obverse: CONSTΛN-TINVS AVC (Constantine Augustus). Reverse: HLΛT TVΛ-***-NQΛLITΛS (Blessed Peace). In Exergue: PLON
Bibliography: RIC VII 243
Notes: According to RIC, the PLON in the exergue of the reverse and F B in the field of the reverse are mintmarks (officinae) indicating Londinium.
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