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ID number: BIRBI-R3000 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): 1.90 Weight (g): 3.60 Axis (degrees): 225.00 Provenance: Haines 3699. Ex Lockett Collection, A. H. Baldwin, 1961. |

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Description: Obverse: Head of Constantine, wearing laureated helmet, cuirassed, holding spear in r. pointing forward and shield in l., facing l. Reverse: Open camp gate with four turrets, no doors; P R in field, to l. and r. respectively.
Inscriptions: Obverse: COHS-TΛHΓIN-VS AVG (Constantine Augustus). Reverse: VIATV-S HVCC (To the Courage of the Emperors). In Exergue: AQ
Bibliography: RIC VII 187
Notes: According to RIC, the [R]Q in the exergue of the reverse and P R in the field of the reverse are mintmarks (officinae) indicating Rome.
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