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ID number: BIRBI-R2960 Object type: Coin
Institution: The Barber Institute of Fine Arts Named collection: G. Haines Collection Collector: Haines, Geoffrey Maker: Constantine I; Arelate Denomination: Follis Place made: Europe: France, Southeastern France, Arles Culture: Roman Date made: 316 Metal: Base metal Diameter (cm): 2.00 Weight (g): 3.53 Axis (degrees): 45.00 Provenance: Haines 4051. Ex P. D. Whitting Collection in Exchange, 1965. |

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Description: Obverse: Head of Constantine, wearing laurel wreath, draped and cuirassed, facing r. Reverse: Sol, naked but cloaked and radiate, standing facing l., raising r. hand and holding globe in l.; T * to l. and F to r.
Inscriptions: Obverse: IMP CONƆIпNIINVS P F AVC (Imperator Constantine Pius Felix Augustus). Reverse: SOLI INV-I-CTO COMITI (The Invincible Sol, Minister [of the Emperor]). In Exergue: QARL
Bibliography: RIC VII 80
Notes: According to RIC, the QARL in the exergue of the reverse and T F in the field of reverse are mintmarks (officinae) indicating Arelate.
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