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A holed billon coin of Constantine the Great showing Sol Coin Type: Billon follis of Constantine the Great, Caesar 293-306 CE, Augustus 306-337 CE
Mint and Date: Treveri, officina 1, 315-316 CE
Size and Weight: 20mm x 22mm, 2.42g
Obverse: CONSTANTINVS P F AVG
Laureate, cuirassed bust right.
Reverse: SOLI INVIC-TO COMITI
Sol, radiate, standing facing, head left, nude but for chlamys across left shoulder, holding a globe in his left hand and raising his right with open palm.
Field Marks: B in left field, S in right field.
Exergue: PTR
Ref: RIC VII Trier 76 (rated C2)
Provenance: Andreas Reich (private), March 2010
BW Ref: 076 048 155
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