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ID number: BIRBI-R2904 Object type: Coin
Institution: The Barber Institute of Fine Arts Named collection: G. Haines Collection Collector: Haines, Geoffrey; Appleford Hoard Maker: Constantine I; Londinium Denomination: Follis Place made: Europe: United Kingdom, London Culture: Roman Date made: 324-325 Metal: Base metal Diameter (cm): 2.00 Weight (g): 3.06 Axis (degrees): 225.00 Provenance: Haines 3800. Ex Appleford Hoard, A. H. Baldwin, 1961. |

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Description: Obverse: Head of Constantine, wearing laurel wreath, facing r. Reverse: Camp gate, with two turrets without doors, star above.
Inscriptions: Obverse: CONSTΔN-TIHVS ΛVC (Constantine Augustus). Reverse: PROVIDEN-TIΛΓ ΛVGC (To the Foresight of the Emperors). In Exergue: PLON
Bibliography: RIC VII 293
Notes: According to RIC, the PLON in the exergue of the reverse are mintmarks indicating Londinium.
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