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Follis (Coin) Portraying Emperor Constantine II as Caesar

333-335
Bronze

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FROM THE ART INSTITUTE OF CHICAGO’S CATALOG

The front of this coin portrays the emperor Constantine II, facing right wearing a crown of laurels and a type of breastplate called a cuirass. On the back, two soldiers are depicted frontally, standing between two vertical standards with their heads facing center.

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