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Coin of Constantine I

Roman (Artist)
319-320 CE (Late Antique)
bronze; struck

Obverse: Bust of Constantine, helmeted, draped, right; beaded border. Reverse: Standard with VOT XX (“vows for 20 years in power”) inscribed; two captives sitting on ground, facing outward, male to left, female to right; beaded border.

Inscription

[Inscription, Latin; obverse] CONSTANTINVS AVG(ustus) [Translation] Constantine Augustus [Inscription, Latin; reverse] VIRTVS EXERCIT(us); in exergue, P(ercussa) T(icinensi) [Translation] The strength of the army; struck at Ticinum

Provenance
Provenance (from the French provenir, 'to come from/forth') is the chronology of the ownership, custody, or location of a historical object.

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

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Geographies

Italy, Pavia (Ticinum) (Place of Origin)

Measurements

Max diam: 13/16 in. (2.05 cm); axis: 12:00

Credit Line

Gift of Mrs. Richard Pleasants, 1945

Location in Museum

Not on view

Accession Number

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59.682

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