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Numismatics

ID number:  BIRBI-R3276
Object type:  Coin
Institution:  The Barber Institute of Fine Arts
Named collection:  G. Haines Collection
Collector:  Haines, Geoffrey
Maker:  Constantine II; Constantine I; Rome
Denomination:  Follis
Place made:  Europe: Italy, Rome
Culture:  Roman
Date made:  318-319
Metal:  Base metal
Diameter (cm):  1.90
Weight (g):  3.11
Axis (degrees):  0.00
Provenance:  Haines 1738. W. S. Lincoln, 1933.
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Description:  Obverse: Head of Constantine II, wearing laurel wreath, draped and cuirassed, seen from behind, facing r. Reverse: Roma, draped and helmeted, seated facing r. on shield, holding shield inscribed X V in two lines; P R in field, to l. and r. respectively.

Inscriptions:  Obverse: CONSTHNTINVS IVN NOB C (Constantine the Younger, Most Noble Caesar). Reverse: ROMΠE H-ETLHNΔE (Eternal Rome). In Exergue: RT

Bibliography:  RIC VII 155

Notes:  According to RIC, the RT in the exergue of the reverse and P R in the field of the reverse are mintmarks (officinae) indicating Rome.

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