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A holed billon barbarous coin of Constantine the Great showing a standard and two captives Coin Type: Barbarous billon follis of Constantine the Great, Caesar 293-306 CE, Augustus 306-337 CE
Mint and Date: Treveri mintmark, officina 1, c. 315-316 CE
Size and Weight: 17mm x 18mm, 2.68g
Obverse: CONSTA-NTINVS AVG
Helmeted, cuirassed bust right.
Reverse: (VIRTV)S EXERCITI
Standard with VOT/XX, two bound captives seated below with their backs to the pole.
Field Marks: None.
Exergue: PTR
Ref: —
Provenance: Andreas Reich (private), March 2010
BW Ref: 077 048 000
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Note: VIRTVS EXERCITI with the terminal I is not a known legend for this coin type.

The content of this page was last updated on 15 March 2010