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ID number:  BIRBI-R3257
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:  324-325
Metal:  Base metal
Diameter (cm):  2.00
Weight (g):  2.88
Axis (degrees):  180.00
Provenance:  Haines 3306. Ex P. D. Whitting Collection (purchased at special price of 1/- each), 1957.
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Description:  Obverse: Head of Constantine II, wearing laurel wreath, draped and cuirassed, facing r. Reverse: Camp gate with no door, two turrets; star above.

Inscriptions:  Obverse: ᴖONFTΛTINVS IVN NOB C (Constantine the Younger, Most Noble Caesar). Reverse: PRᴖVIᴖFN-TIΛE CΛE...S (To the Foresight of the Caesars). In Exergue: PLON

Bibliography:  RIC VII 296

Notes:  According to RIC, the PLON in the exergue of the reverse are mintmarks indicating Londinium.

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Haines, Geoffrey Colton
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1899
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