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A coin of the emperor Constantine the Great with a reverse showing Sol Coin Type: Billon AE3 of Constantine the Great, Caesar 293-306 CE, Augustus 306-337 CE
Mint and Date: Rome, officina 2; 314-315 CE.
Size and Weight: 18mm x 20mm, 3.1g
Obverse: IMP CONSTANTINVS P F AVG
Laureate, draped and cuirassed bust right.
Reverse: SOLI INV-I-(CTO COMITI)
Sol standing left, holding globe in left hand, right hand raised palm out.
Field Marks: R over X in left field, F in right field
Exergue: R S
Ref: RIC VII Rome 27
BW Ref: 003 028 038
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