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ID number: BIRBI-R2979 Object type: Coin
Institution: The Barber Institute of Fine Arts Named collection: G. Haines Collection Collector: Haines, Geoffrey Maker: Constantine I; Rome Denomination: Quarter-Follis Place made: Europe: Italy, Rome Culture: Roman Date made: 313 Metal: Base metal Diameter (cm): 1.50 Weight (g): 0.97 Axis (degrees): 180.00 Provenance: Haines 2879. Clement Platt, Paris, 1953. |
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Description: Obverse: Head of Constantine, bare, facing r. Reverse: Altar with owl, spear across altar, with helmet to r. and shield to l.
Inscriptions: Obverse: IMP CONSTHⱶTINVS P F HVC (Imperator Constantine Pius Felix Augustus). Reverse: SHPIENTIH PRINCIPI (To the Wisdom of the Prince). In Exergue: HS
Bibliography: RIC VII 16
Notes: According to RIC, the [R]S in the exergue of the reverse are mintmarks indicating Rome.
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