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ID number: BIRBI-R3264 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; Treveri Denomination: Follis Place made: Europe: Germany, Rhineland-Palatinate, Trier Culture: Roman Date made: 322-323 Metal: Base metal Diameter (cm): 1.95 Weight (g): 3.13 Axis (degrees): 225.00 Provenance: Haines 863. From a find near Langwith, Yorkshire, Spink, 1924. |
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Description: Obverse: Head of Constantine II, wearing laurel wreath, draped and cuirassed, holding Victory on globe in r. and mappa in l., facing l. Reverse: Crossed globe on altar, inscribed V-O-TIS XX in three lines; three stars above.
Inscriptions: Obverse: CONSTHNTINVƆ IVN NOB C (Constantine the Younger, Most Noble Caesar). Reverse: BEATH TRHN-***-QVILLITHS (Blessed Peace). In Exergue: STR•
Bibliography: RIC VII 382
Notes: According to RIC, the STR• in the exergue of the reverse are mintmarks indicating Treveri.
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