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Numismatics

ID number:  BIRBI-R2972
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:  333-334
Metal:  Base metal
Diameter (cm):  1.70
Weight (g):  3.20
Axis (degrees):  135.00
Provenance:  Haines 1527. W. S. Lincoln, 1932.
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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 ROMA (The City of Rome). Reverse: None. In Exergue: cCONST

Bibliography:  RIC VII 379

Notes:  According to RIC, the [S]CONST in the exergue of the reverse and [laurel wreath] in the field of the reverse are mintmarks (officina) indicating Arelate.

3 Related People

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Haines, Geoffrey Colton
British
1899
1981-09-14
Constantine I
Roman
272
337
Arelate
Roman


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