Follis
Constantine I
Roman Imperial
Lugdunum
Gaul
Roman Empire
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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