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ID number: BIRBI-R2915 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: 315-316 Metal: Base metal Diameter (cm): 2.05 Weight (g): 2.87 Axis (degrees): 0.00 Provenance: Haines 3202. 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: Sol, naked but cloaked and radiate, standing facing l., raising r. hand and holding globe in l.; TF * in field, to l. and r. respectively.
Inscriptions: Obverse: IMP CONSTHNTINVS HVG (Imperator Constantine Augustus). Reverse: SOLI INVIC-TO COMITI (To the Invincible Sol, Minister [of the Emperor]). In Exergue: PLC
Bibliography: RIC VII 34
Notes: According to RIC, the PL[G] in the exergue of the reverse and TF * in the field of the reverse are mintmarks (officinae) indicating Lugdunum.
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