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ID number: BIRBI-R3026 Object type: Coin
Institution: The Barber Institute of Fine Arts Named collection: G. Haines Collection Collector: Haines, Geoffrey Maker: Constantine I; Ticinum Denomination: Follis Place made: Europe: Italy, Lombardy, Pavia Culture: Roman Date made: 318-319 Metal: Base metal Diameter (cm): 1.75 Weight (g): 2.97 Axis (degrees): 180.00 Provenance: Haines 3704. Ex Lockett Collection, A. H. Baldwin, 1961. |

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Description: Obverse: Head of Constantine, wearing laureated helmet, cuirassed, facing r. Reverse: Two Victories, winged and draped, standing facing each other, holding shield between them, inscribed VOT PR, above an altar.
Inscriptions: Obverse: IMP GONSTHN-TINVS MHX HVC (Imperator Constantine, Greatest Augustus). Reverse: VICTOHIHE LHETHE PRINC PERP (Joyous Victory to the Perpetual Prince). In Exergue: PT
Bibliography: RIC VII 82
Notes: According to RIC, the PT in the exergue of the reverse are mintmarks indicating Ticinum.
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