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ID number: BIRBI-R3233 Object type: Coin
Institution: The Barber Institute of Fine Arts Named collection: G. Haines Collection Collector: Haines, Geoffrey Maker: Constantine II; Constantine I; Londinium Denomination: Follis Place made: Europe: United Kingdom, London Culture: Roman Date made: 317 Metal: Base metal Diameter (cm): 2.05 Weight (g): 2.92 Axis (degrees): 180.00 Provenance: Haines 4101. Ex P. D. Whitting Collection, 1966. |

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Description: Obverse: Head of Constantine II , wearing laurel wreath, draped and cuirassed, facing r. Reverse: Sol, naked but cloaked and radiate, standing facing l., raising r. hand and holding globe in l.; S P in field, to l. and r. respectively.
Inscriptions: Obverse: CONSTΛNTINVS IVN N C (Constantine the Younger, Most Noble Caesar). Reverse: SOLI INVIC-TO COMITI (To the Invincible Sol, Minister [to the Caesar]). In Exergue: PLN
Bibliography: RIC VII 118
Notes: According to RIC, the PLN in the exergue of the reverse and S P in the field of the reverse are mintmarks (officinae) indicating Londinium.
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