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ID number: BIRBI-R2911 Object type: Coin
Institution: The Barber Institute of Fine Arts Named collection: G. Haines Collection Collector: Haines, Geoffrey Maker: Constantine I; Lugdunum Denomination: Follis Place made: Europe: France, Lyons Culture: Roman Date made: 314-315 Metal: Base metal Diameter (cm): 2.15 Weight (g): 2.71 Axis (degrees): 135.00 Provenance: Haines 3203. Ex P. D. Whitting Collection (purchased at special price of 1/- each), 1957. |

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Description: Obverse: Head of Constantine, wearing laurel wreath, cuirassed, facing r. Reverse: Mars, in military attire and helmeted, standing facing r., holding spear in r. and leaning on shield with l.; T F in field, to l. and r. respectively.
Inscriptions: Obverse: IMP CONSTANTINVS P F ΛVᴖ (Imperator Constantine Pius Felix Augustus). Reverse: MHRTI CON-SERVΛTORL (To Mars, the Defender). In Exergue: DLG
Bibliography: RIC VII 12
Notes: According to RIC, the [P]L[C] in the exergue of the reverse and T F in the field of the reverse are mintmarks (officinae) indicating Lugdunum.
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