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ID number: BIRBI-R3239 Object type: Coin
Institution: The Barber Institute of Fine Arts Named collection: G. Haines Collection Collector: Haines, Geoffrey; Appleford Hoard Maker: Constantine II; Constantine I; Londinium Denomination: Follis Place made: Europe: United Kingdom, London Culture: Roman Date made: 322-323 Metal: Base metal Diameter (cm): 2.00 Weight (g): 3.33 Axis (degrees): 225.00 Provenance: Haines 3790. Ex Appleford Hoard, A. H. Baldwin, 1961. |
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Description: Obverse: Head of Constantine II, wearing radiate crown, draped and cuirassed, facing r. Reverse: Globe on altar, inscribed VOT-I-S XX in three lines; three stars above and F B in field, to l. and r. respectively.
Inscriptions: Obverse: CONSTΛNTI-NVS IVN N CI (Constantine the Younger, Most Noble Caesar). Reverse: BEΛT TRΔ-***-NQLILΔS (Blessed Peace). In Exergue: PLON
Bibliography: RIC VII 254
Notes: According to RIC, the PLON in the exergue of the reverse and F B in the field of the reverse are mintmarks (officinae) indicating Londinium.
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