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ID number: BIRBI-R3045 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: 320 Metal: Base metal Diameter (cm): 1.95 Weight (g): 3.18 Axis (degrees): 0.00 Provenance: Haines 3254. Ex P. D. Whitting Collection (purchased at special price of 1/- each), 1957. |

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Description: Obverse: Head of Constantine, wearing helmet, cuirassed, facing r. Reverse: Standard, inscribed with VOT XX in two lines, with a captive seated on the ground on either side; S and F H in field, to l. and r. respectively.
Inscriptions: Obverse: CONST-HNTINVS AVC (Constantine Augustus). Reverse: VIATVS EXERCIT (To the Courage of the Army). In Exergue: ESIS*
Bibliography: RIC VII 120
Notes: According to RIC, the ESIS* in the exergue of the reverse and S F H in the field of the reverse are mintmarks (officinae) indicating Siscia.
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