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ID number: BIRBI-R3265 Object type: Coin
Institution: The Barber Institute of Fine Arts Named collection: G. Haines Collection Collector: Haines, Geoffrey Maker: Constantine II; Constantine I; Treveri Denomination: Follis Place made: Europe: Germany, Rhineland-Palatinate, Trier Culture: Roman Date made: 317 Metal: Base metal Diameter (cm): 2.05 Weight (g): 2.91 Axis (degrees): 180.00 Provenance: Haines 1157. W. S. Lincoln, 1930. |

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Description: Obverse: Head of Constantine II, bare, draped and cuirassed, facing r. Reverse: Prince, in military attire, standing facing r., holding spear in r. and globe in r.; T F in field, to l. and r. respectively.
Inscriptions: Obverse: FL CL CONSTΔNTINVS IVN N C (Flavius Claudius Constantine the Younger, Most Noble Caesar). Reverse: PRINCIPI•IVVENTVTIS (To the Prince of Youth). In Exergue: •□TP
Bibliography: RIC VII 143
Notes: According to RIC, the •[A]T[R] in the exergue of the reverse and T F in the field of the reverse are mintmarks (officinae) indicating Treveri.
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