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Numismatics

ID number:  BIRBI-R2962
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:  322-323
Metal:  Base metal
Diameter (cm):  2.00
Weight (g):  2.87
Axis (degrees):  180.00
Provenance:  Haines 194. W. S. Lincoln, 1920.
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Description:  Obverse: Head of Constantine, wearing laurel wreath, cuirassed, facing r. Reverse: Inscription in three lines, VOT • XX, encircled within laurel wreath.

Inscriptions:  Obverse: CONSTAN-TINVS AVC (Constantine Augustus). Reverse: D N CONSTANTINI MAX AVC (Our Lord Constantine, Greatest Augustus). In Exergue: P*AR

Bibliography:  RIC VII 253

Notes:  According to RIC, the P*AR in the exergue of the reverse are mintmarks indicating Arelate.

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Haines, Geoffrey Colton
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