Follis

Constantine I
Roman Imperial
Lugdunum
Gaul
Roman Empire

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314-315

Silvered Bronze

Overall: 13/16 in. (21 mm)

Weight: 3 g

Hood Museum of Art, Dartmouth: Gift of W. Clark Harrington, Class of 1928

165.24.29964

Geography

Place Made: France, Europe

Period

1-500

Object Name

Coin

Research Area

Numismatics: Greek and Roman

Not on view

Inscriptions

Obverse: Laureate and cuirassed bust of Constantine right; IMP CONSTANTINVS AVG Reverse: Nude frontal Sol, radiate, standing left, globe in extended left hand, right hand extended and raised; SOLI INVICTO COMITI, left up, right down, inwardly; PLG in exergue; T F flanking figure in field

Exhibition History

Artifacts of the Roman Empire, Harrington Gallery Teaching Exhibition, Hood Museum of Art, Dartmouth College, Hanover, New Hampshire, October 18-November 5, 1990.

Provenance

William Clark Harrington (1905-2007), Class of 1928; Brookfield, Connecticut; given to present collection, 1965.

Catalogue Raisonne

RIC, Vol. VII: p. 123, no. 20

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