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ID number: BIRBI-R3003 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): 1.80 Weight (g): 2.66 Axis (degrees): 180.00 Provenance: Haines 781. Ex P. D. Whitting Collection, 1957. |
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Description: Obverse: Head of Constantine, wearing laureated helmet, cuirassed, facing r. Reverse: Inscription and mintmark in five lines encircled within wreath.
Inscriptions: Obverse: CONST-UNTINUC HVC (Constantine Augustus). Reverse: VOT X V FEL X X DT (Vows for Fifteen Years, Good Fortune for Twenty; mintmark).
Bibliography: RIC VII 219
Notes: According to RIC, the [R]T in the reverse are mintmarks indicating Rome.
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