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ID number: BIRBI-R3007 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: 321 Metal: Base metal Diameter (cm): 2.00 Weight (g): 2.93 Axis (degrees): 135.00 Provenance: Haines 40. W. S. Lincoln, 1914. |

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Description: Obverse: Head of Constantine, wearing laurel wreath, facing r. Reverse: Part of inscription in two lines encircled within wreath.
Inscriptions: Obverse: CONSTAN-TINVS AVC (Constantine Augustus). Reverse: D N CONSTHNTINI MΛX A…C VOT • X X (Our Lord Constantine, Greatest Augustus; Vows for Twenty Years). In Exergue: RS
Bibliography: RIC VII 237
Notes: According to RIC, the RS in the exergue of the reverse are mintmarks indicating Rome.
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