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ID number: BIRBI-R3274 Object type: Coin
Institution: The Barber Institute of Fine Arts Named collection: G. Haines Collection Collector: Haines, Geoffrey Maker: Constantine II; Constantine I; Arelate Denomination: Follis Place made: Europe: France, Southeastern France, Arles Culture: Roman Date made: 332-333 Metal: Base metal Diameter (cm): 1.90 Weight (g): 2.79 Axis (degrees): 0.00 Provenance: Haines 3578. A. H. Baldwin, 1960. |

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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; [branch] in between standards.
Inscriptions: Obverse: CONSTHNTI-NVS IVN N C (Constantine the Younger, Most Noble Caesar). Reverse: CLOR-IH EXERC-ITVS (To the Glory of the Army). In Exergue: SCONS-
Bibliography: RIC VII 366
Notes: According to RIC, the SCONS[T] in the exergue of the reverse and [branch] in the field of the reverse are mintmarks indicating Arelate.
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