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A billon follis of Constantine the Great showing Mars the Champion. Coin Type: Barbarous billon follis of Constantine the Great, Caesar 293-306 CE, Augustus 306-337 CE
Mint and Date: Treveri mint, officina 1, 307-308 CE
Size and Weight: 25mm x 26mm, 4.47g
Obverse: (IM)P CONSTANTINVS P F AVG
Laureate, cuirassed bust right.
Reverse: MARTI PATRI PROPVGNATORI
Mars,wearing crested helmet, heroically nude but for chlamys which flies out behind, advancing right with left foot forward, holding shield in left hand facing away with forearm through two grips, and transverse spear pointing upwards in right hand with a low grip behind.
Field Marks: S in left field, A in right field.
Exergue: PTR
Ref: RIC VI Trier 776
Provenance: taterthecat (eBay), August 2010
BW Ref: 078 048 155
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