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ID number: BIRBI-R3028 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): 1.90 Weight (g): 3.26 Axis (degrees): 180.00 Provenance: Haines 24. W. S. Lincoln, 1920. |

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Description: Obverse: Head of Constantine, wearing high-crested helmet, cuirassed, holding spear over l. shoulder, facing l. Reverse: Two Victories, winged and draped, standing facing each other, holding shield between them, inscribed VOT PR, above an altar.
Inscriptions: Obverse: IMP CONFTENT-INVS AVC (Imperator Constantine Augustus). Reverse: VICTORIHE LHETAE PHINC PERP (Joyous Victory to the Perpetual Prince). In Exergue: TT
Bibliography: RIC VII 83
Notes: According to RIC, the TT in the exergue of the reverse are mintmarks indicating Ticinum.
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