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ID number: BIRBI-R2946 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: 332-333 Metal: Base metal Diameter (cm): 1.70 Weight (g): 2.91 Axis (degrees): 225.00 Provenance: Haines 3050. Seaby, 1955. |
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Description: Obverse: Head of Constantine, wearing rosette diadem, draped and cuirassed, facing r. Reverse: Two soldiers, helmeted and in military attire, standing facing each other with two standards between them, each holding spear and leaning on shield.
Inscriptions: Obverse: CONSTANVI-NVS MHX HVC (Constantine, Greatest Augustus). Reverse: GLCH-IH EXERC-ITVS (To the Glory of the Army). In Exergue: TR•S
Bibliography: RIC VII 537
Notes: According to RIC, the TR•S in the exergue of the reverse are mintmarks indicating Treveri.
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