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A billon coin of Constantine the Great with a reverse showing Mars advancing Coin Type: Billon follis of Constantine the Great, Caesar 293-306 CE, Augustus 306-337 CE
Mint and Date: Londinium, officina 1, 307-310 CE
Size and Weight: 24mm x 25mm, 4.63g
Obverse: IMP CONSTANTINVS P AVG
Laureate, cuirassed bust right.
Reverse: MARTI PAT-RI PROPVG
Mars, helmeted, naked but for chlamys, advancing right, transverse spear in right hand, shield in left hand.
Exergue: PLN
Ref: RIC VI Londinium 109
Provenance: davidr2703 (eBay), April 2008
BW Ref: 057 053 127
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