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ID number: BIRBI-R3267 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: 326 Metal: Base metal Diameter (cm): 1.95 Weight (g): 3.37 Axis (degrees): 180.00 Provenance: Haines 862. From a find near Langwith, Yorkshire, Spink, 1924. |
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Description: Obverse: Head of Constantine II, wearing laurel wreath, draped and cuirassed, facing l. Reverse: Camp gate with no door, two turrets; star above.
Inscriptions: Obverse: CONSTHNTINVS IVN NOB C (Constantine the Younger, Most Noble Caesar). Reverse: PROVIDEN-TIHE CHESS (To the Foresight of the Caesars). In Exergue: PTRᴗ̊
Bibliography: RIC VII 479
Notes: According to RIC, the PTRᴗ̊ in the exergue of the reverse are mintmarks indicating Treveri.
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