Online Collections at UoB - Objects
Go to the Advanced Search
Viewing Record 1 of 1 


Numismatics

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.
BIRBI-R2937.jpg

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.

3 Related People

Constantine I
Roman
272
337
Haines_Geoffrey-T.jpg
Haines, Geoffrey Colton
British
1899
1981-09-14
Treveri
Roman


Viewing Record 1 of 1