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ID number: BIRBI-R2935 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: 318-319 Metal: Base metal Diameter (cm): 1.85 Weight (g): 3.71 Axis (degrees): 0.00 Provenance: Haines 612. Earle Fox Bequest, 1923. |

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Description: Obverse: Head of Constantine, wearing helm, cuirassed, facing r. Reverse: Two Victories, draped and winged, standing facing one another, holding together shield inscribed VOT PR on altar, with *.
Inscriptions: Obverse: INP CONSTAN-TINVS MAX HVC (Imperator Constantine, Greatest Augustus). Reverse: VICTORIUE LWETHE PRINC PERP (Joyous Victory to the Perpetual Prince). In Exergue: STR
Bibliography: RIC VII 209
Notes: According to RIC, the STR in the exergue of the reverse are mintmarks indicating Treveri.
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