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ID number: BIRBI-R3270 Object type: Coin
Institution: The Barber Institute of Fine Arts Named collection: G. Haines Collection Collector: Haines, Geoffrey; Oman, Charles Maker: Constantine II; Constantine I; Treveri Denomination: Follis Place made: Europe: Germany, Rhineland-Palatinate, Trier Culture: Roman Date made: 332-333 Metal: Base metal Diameter (cm): 1.75 Weight (g): 2.42 Axis (degrees): 180.00 Provenance: Haines 1377. Ex Sir Charles Oman Collection, 1949. |

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Description: Obverse: Head of Constantine II, wearing laurel wreath, cuirassed, facing r. Reverse: Two soldiers, in military attire and helmeted, standing facing each other with two standards between them, holding spear in outer hands and leaning on shield with inner hands.
Inscriptions: Obverse: CONSTHNTINVS IVN NOR C (Constantine the Younger, Most Noble Caesar). Reverse: GLOR-IH EXERC-ITVS (To the Glory of the Army). In Exergue: TR•S
Bibliography: RIC VII 539
Notes: According to RIC, the TR•S in the exergue of the reverse are mintmarks indicating Treveri.
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