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ID number: BIRBI-R2957 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: 333-334 Metal: Base metal Diameter (cm): 1.90 Weight (g): 2.79 Axis (degrees): 225.00 Provenance: Haines 3216. Ex P. D. Whitting Collection (purchased at special price of 1/- each), 1957. |

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Description: Obverse: Head of Roma, wearing helmet, in imperial cloak, facing l. Reverse: She-wolf, standing facing l., suckling twins; two stars, above, with laurel wreath in between.
Inscriptions: Obverse: VRbS HRMA (The City of Rome). Reverse: None. In Exergue: TRS
Bibliography: RIC VII 553
Notes: According to RIC, the TRS in the exergue of the reverse and [laurel wreath] in the field of the reverse are mintmarks (officina) indicating Treveri.
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