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ID number: BIRBI-R2980 Object type: Coin
Institution: The Barber Institute of Fine Arts Named collection: G. Haines Collection Collector: Haines, Geoffrey Maker: Constantine I; Rome Denomination: Follis Place made: Europe: Italy, Rome Culture: Roman Date made: 314 Metal: Base metal Diameter (cm): 2.05 Weight (g): 3.43 Axis (degrees): 315.00 Provenance: Haines 4022. Presented by Mr. P. C. B. Wallis, 1963. |

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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.; R and F, to l. and r. respectively.
Inscriptions: Obverse: IMP CONSTHNTINIIS P F HIIC (Imperator Constantine Pius Felix Augustus). Reverse: SOLI INV-I-CTO COMITI (To the Invincible Sol, Minister [of the Emperor]). In Exergue: R*Q
Bibliography: RIC VII 19
Notes: According to RIC, the R*Q in the exergue of the reverse and R F in the field of the reverse are mintmarks (officinae) indicating Rome.
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