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ID number: BIRBI-R3001 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: 320 Metal: Base metal Diameter (cm): 2.00 Weight (g): 3.38 Axis (degrees): 180.00 Provenance: Haines 3232. Ex P. D. Whitting Collection (purchased at special price of 1/- each), 1957. |
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Description: Obverse: Head of Constantine, wearing helmet, cuirassed, facing r. Reverse: Roma, draped and helmeted, seated facing r. on shield, holding shield inscribed XV in two lines.
Inscriptions: Obverse: COȢSΓH-NTINVS UVC (Constantine Augustus). Reverse: ROMHE H-ETERNHE (To Eternal Rome). In Exergue: A[EU]CQ
Bibliography: RIC VII 194 var.
Notes: According to RIC, the [R] [EU] CQ in the exergue of the reverse are mintmarks indicating Rome. As opposed to the type in RIC, the Roma on the reverse is seated facing r.
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