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A work made of bronze.

Follis (Coin) Portraying Emperor Constantine II as Caesar

333-335

Roman

Ancient Mediterranean

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.

Bronze

Arts of Greece, Rome, and Byzantium