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ID number: BIRBI-R2999 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: 318-319 Metal: Base metal Diameter (cm): 1.95 Weight (g): 3.55 Axis (degrees): 135.00 Provenance: Haines 3230. Ex P. D. Whitting Collection (purchased at special price of 1/- each), 1957. |

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Description: Obverse: Head of Constantine, wearing laurel wreath, cuirassed, holding spear in r. pointing forward and shield in l., facing l. Reverse: Roma, draped and helmeted, seated facing r. on shield, holding shield inscribed XV in two lines; P R in field, to l. and r. respectively.
Inscriptions: Obverse: CONSTANT-IΠVS HVC (Constantine Augustus). Reverse: ROMΔb̄ H-ETERNHE (To Eternal Rome). In Exergue: RS
Bibliography: RIC VII 149
Notes: According to RIC, the RS in the exergue of the reverse and P R in the field of the reverse are mintmarks (officinae) indicating Rome.
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