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ID number: BIRBI-R2929 Object type: Coin
Institution: The Barber Institute of Fine Arts Named collection: G. Haines Collection Collector: Haines, Geoffrey Maker: Constantine I; Treveri Denomination: Follis Place made: Europe: Germany, Rhineland-Palatinate, Trier Culture: Roman Date made: 313-315 Metal: Base metal Diameter (cm): 2.30 Weight (g): 5.25 Axis (degrees): 135.00 Provenance: Haines 4020. Presented by Mr P. C. B. Wallis, 1963. |

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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.; T E in field, to l. and r. respectively.
Inscriptions: Obverse: INP CONSTHNTINVS AVG (Imperator Constantine Augustus). Reverse: SOLI INVIC-TO COMITI (To the Invincible Sol, Minister [of the Emperor]). In Exergue: PTR
Bibliography: RIC VII 40
Notes: According to RIC, the PTR in the exergue of the reverse and T [F] in the field of the reverse are mintmarks (officinae) indicating Treveri.
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