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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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