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ID number: BIRBI-R2937 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: 320-321 Metal: Base metal Diameter (cm): 2.10 Weight (g): 3.11 Axis (degrees): 225.00 Provenance: Haines 3215. Ex P. D. Whitting Collection (purchased at special price of 1/- each), 1957. |

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Description: Obverse: Head of Constantine, wearing helm, cuirassed, facing r. Reverse: Trophy, with a captive seated on the ground on either side.
Inscriptions: Obverse: CONSTΛN-TINVS HVG (Constantine Augustus). Reverse: VIRTVS EXERCIT (The Courage of the Army). In Exergue: •PTR
Bibliography: RIC VII 279
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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