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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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