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ID number: BIRBI-R3234 Object type: Coin
Institution: The Barber Institute of Fine Arts Named collection: G. Haines Collection Collector: Haines, Geoffrey; Langwith Hoard Maker: Constantine II; Constantine I; Londinium Denomination: Follis Place made: Europe: United Kingdom, London Culture: Roman Date made: 320-321 Metal: Base metal Diameter (cm): 1.95 Weight (g): 3.05 Axis (degrees): 180.00 Provenance: Haines 860. From a find near Langwith, Yorkshire, Spink, 1924. |
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Description: Obverse: Head of Constantine II, wearing radiate crown, draped and cuirassed, facing l. Reverse: Standard inscribed VOT XX between two captives, seated on l. facing l. and on r. facing upwards.
Inscriptions: Obverse: CONSTHNTI-NVS IVN N C (Constantine the Younger, Most Noble Caesar). Reverse: VIRTVS ΔϮCRCIT (To the Courage of the Army). In Exergue: PLN
Bibliography: RIC VII 198
Notes: According to RIC, the PLN in the exergue of the reverse are mintmarks indicating Londinium.
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