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ID number: BIRBI-R2901 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: 323-324 Metal: Base metal Diameter (cm): 2.05 Weight (g): 3.28 Axis (degrees): 180.00 Provenance: Haines 7. W. S. Lincoln, 1914. |
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Description: Obverse: Head of Constantine, wearing laurel wreath, facing r. Reverse: Victory, winged and draped, walking facing r., holding trophy in r. and branch in l.; trampling captive seated at feet, to r.
Inscriptions: Obverse: CONSTΛNT-INVS ΛVI (Constantine Augustus). Reverse: SΛRMΛTIΛ DEVICTΛ (Samartia Vanquished). In Exergue: PLONᴗ
Bibliography: RIC VII 289
Notes: According to RIC, the PLONᴗ in the exergue of the reverse are mintmarks indicating Londinium.
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