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ID number: BIRBI-R2923 Object type: Coin
Institution: The Barber Institute of Fine Arts Named collection: G. Haines Collection Collector: Haines, Geoffrey Maker: Constantine I; Lugdunum Denomination: Half-Follis Place made: Europe: France, Lyons Culture: Roman Date made: 330-331 Metal: Base metal Diameter (cm): 1.50 Weight (g): 1.36 Axis (degrees): 180.00 Provenance: Haines 3211. Ex P. D. Whitting Collection (purchased at special price of 1/- each), 1957. |

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Description: Obverse: Head of Constantinopolis, wearing laureated helmet, in imperial cloak, holding reversed spear in l., facing l. Reverse: Victory, winged and draped, standing facing l. on prow, holding spear in r. and shield in l.
Inscriptions: Obverse: CONSTIINT-INOPOLI... (Constantinople). Reverse: None. In Exergue: •PLC
Bibliography: RIC VII 246
Notes: According to RIC, the •PLG in the exergue of the reverse are mintmarks indicating Lugdunum.
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