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ID number: BIRBI-R3043 Object type: Coin
Institution: The Barber Institute of Fine Arts Named collection: G. Haines Collection Collector: Haines, Geoffrey Maker: Constantine I; Siscia Denomination: Follis Place made: Europe: Croatia, Sisak Culture: Roman Date made: 318-319 Metal: Base metal Diameter (cm): 1.85 Weight (g): 2.79 Axis (degrees): 45.00 Provenance: Haines 3352. Ex P. D. Whitting Collection (purchased at special price of 1/- each), 1957. |

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Description: Obverse: Head of Constantine, wearing high-crested helmet, cuirassed, holding spear over r. 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 CONSTHNT-INVS HVC (Imperator Constantine Augustus). Reverse: VICTORIHE LHETHE DAINC DEAP (Joyous Victory to the Perpetual Prince). In Exergue: BSIS
Bibliography: RIC VII 55
Notes: According to RIC, the BSIS in the exergue of the reverse are mintmarks indicating Siscia.
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