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Follis with bust of Constantine I

Roman
Imperial Period
about A.D. 309–310
Mint: Lugdunum

Medium/Technique Bronze
Dimensions Diameter: 24 mm. Weight: 3.88 gm. Die Axis: 12
Credit Line The Sidney A. and Ellen M. Wien Collection—Given in their memory by Claire W. and Richard P. Morse
Accession Number2004.1341
NOT ON VIEW
ClassificationsNumismaticsCoins

DescriptionObverse: Laureate, draped, cuirassed bust of Constantine to right.
IMPCONSTANTINVSPFAVG
Reverse: Sol, with radiate crown, holds globe on left hand, right raised.
SOLINVIC TOCOMITI in ex.: PLC in field: F T
ProvenanceCollected by Sidney A. Wien (1902-1962), Atlanta, Georgia, between the mid-1940's and 1962; by descent to his daughter, Claire W. Morse, in 1962; to the MFA in November 2004, gift of Claire W. and Richard P. Morse.