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Coin of Constantine I

Roman (Artist)
313-315 CE (Late Antique)
bronze; struck

Obverse: Bust of Constantine I, laureate, draped and cuirassed, right; beaded border. Reverse: Sol Invictus standing left, cloaked, holding orb in left hand, right hand raised; in field to left and right, T F (control marks); beaded border.

Inscription

[Inscription, Latin; obverse] IMP(erator) CONSTANTINVS AVG(ustus) [Translation] Imperator Constantine Augustus [Inscription, Latin; reverse] SOLI INVICTO COMITI; in exergue, P(?) (Percussa?) TR(everi) [Translation] With Sol Invictus as comrade; struck at (?) Trier

Provenance
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Mrs. Richard Pleasants, Baltimore, [date and mode of acquisition unknown]; Walters Art Museum, 1945, by gift.

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Geographies

Germany, Trier (Augusta Treverorum) (Place of Origin)

Measurements

Max diam: 7/8 in. (2.26 cm); axis: 6:00

Credit Line

Gift of Mrs. Richard Pleasants, 1945

Location in Museum

Not on view

Accession Number

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59.685

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