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ID number: BIRBI-R2932 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): 2.35 Weight (g): 5.17 Axis (degrees): 135.00 Provenance: Haines 3214. 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, helmeted and in military attire with cloak spread, standing facing r., holding vertical reversed spear in r. and leaning on shield with l.; T F in field, to l. and r. respectively.
Inscriptions: Obverse: CONSTANTINVS P F HVC (Constantine Pius Felix Augustus). Reverse: MΛRTI CON-SERVATORI (To Mars, the Protector). In Exergue: PTR
Bibliography: RIC VII 55
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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