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ID number: BIRBI-R3013 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: 330 Metal: Base metal Diameter (cm): 1.85 Weight (g): 2.90 Axis (degrees): 0.00 Provenance: Haines 3702. Ex Lockett Collection, A. H. Baldwin, 1961. |

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Description: Obverse: Head of Constantine, wearing rosette-diadem, draped and cuirassed, facing r. Reverse: Two soldiers, in military attire and helmeted, standing facing each other with two standards between them, holding reversed spears and leaning on shields.
Inscriptions: Obverse: CONSTHNTI-NVS HΛX HVC (Constantine, Greatest Augustus). Reverse: CLOR-IH EXERC-ITVS (To the Glory of the Army). In Exergue: RFD
Bibliography: RIC VII 327
Notes: According to RIC, the RF[P] in the exergue of the reverse are mintmarks indicating Rome.
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