Coin
Constantine I
Roman Imperial
Lugdunum
Gaul
Roman Empire
324-325
Bronze
Overall: 11/16 in. (18 mm)
Weight: 2.9 g
Hood Museum of Art, Dartmouth: Gift of W. Clark Harrington, Class of 1928
165.24.29962
Geography
Place Made: France, Europe
Period
1-500
Object Name
Coin
Research Area
Numismatics: Greek and Roman
Not on view
Inscriptions
Obverse Inscription: CONSTAN-TINVS AVG. Constntine, bust, laureate, facing right Reverse Inscription: PROVIDEN-TIAE AVGG. Camp gate with G vertical rows of ashlor isodomic masonry. Topped by two towers, eight pointed star above gate between towers. Mint Mark: PLC in exergue
Course History
CLST 11.2, From Emperors as gods to God as Emperor: The Last Two Centuries of Rome, Robert Stewart, Roger Ulrich, Winter 2014
History 44.02, Arts of Power, from Augustus to the Sun King, M. Cecilia Gaposchkin, Spring 2023
Provenance
William Clark Harrington (1905-2007), Class of 1928; Brookfield, Connecticut; given to present collection, 1965.
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