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Figurine of a woman
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From Syros Cyclades, Greece, 2500-2300bce.
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male lyre player
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From Keros Cyclades Greece, 2700-2500bce
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Palace of Knossos
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Greece, 1700-1400bce, 16 rooms
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Bull leaping
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from the palace at Knossos, Crete, Greece, 1450-1400bce. Fresco. Expresses power by elongating the body.
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Sarcophagus
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From Hagia Triada, Crete, Greece, 1450-1400bce
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Sarcophagus
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From Hagia Triada, Crete, Greece, 1450-1400bce
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Harvester Vase
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Hagia Triada, Crete, Greece, 1500bce
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Snake Goddess
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Palace at Knossos, Crete, Greece, 1600bce
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Funerary Mask
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From grave circle a, Mycenae, Greece, 1600-1500bce
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Inlaid dagger blade with lion hunt
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From grave circle a, Mycenae, Greece, 1600-1500
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Warrior Vase
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From Mycenae, Greece, 1200bce
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Geometric krater
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From the Dipylon cemetry, Athens, Greece, 740bce
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Manitiklos Apollo
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statuette of a youth dedicated by Mantiklos to Apollo =, from thebes, Greece, 700-680bce
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Kroisos
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from anavysos, Greece, 530bce, young man died a hero's death in battle,
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Peplos Kore
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From the acropolis, Athens Greece, 530bce
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Achilles and Ajax playing a Dice game
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Detail from an Attic black figure amphora, from Vulci, Italy 540-530bce, Done by Exekias
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2 sided, Achilles and Ajax playing a dice game
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Andolkides, creator of the "bilingual painting," copies of Exekias' work. Orvieto, Italy, 525-520bce
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Three Rivelers
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attic red figure amphora, from Vulci Italy, 510bce, Euthymides
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Kritios Boy
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fro mthe acropolis, Athens, Greece, 480bce, sculpted by Kritios, Standing like a real person would, not rigid, like the Cyclades
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Warrior
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from the sea off Riace, Italy, 460-450bce, bronze, more pronounced weight shift.
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Zeus, or Poseidon
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From the sea off CapeArtemision Greece,460-450bce, throwing a thunderbolt/trident/javalin. extended arms and lifted heel indicate lightness of bronze
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Diskobolos (Discus Thrower)
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roman copy after a bronze original, currently in museo Nazionale Romano, 450bce, Myron
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Doryphoros (Spear Bearer)
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Roman copy from Pompeii, Italy, after a bronze original, 450-440bce, created by Ploykleitos
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Parthenon
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the temple of Athena Parthenos, view from the northwest, Acropolis, Athens, Greece, 447-438bce, created by Iktinos and Kallikrates
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Athenas Parthenos
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in the cella of the Parthenon, Acropolis Athens, Greece, 438bce, model of the lost statue, created by Phidias
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Panathenaic Festival Procession Frieze
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from the Parthenon, Acropolis, Athens, Greece, 447-438bce, (1)Horsemen of North frieze, (2)Seated gods and goddesses (Poseidon, Apollo, Artemis, Aphrodite, and Eros) of the east frieze, (3)elders and maidens of east frieze
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Aphrodite of Knidos
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Roman copy after an original, 350-340, currently in the Vatican Museums, Rome, created by Praxiteles, very sensuous
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Weary Herakles (Farnese, Herakles)
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Roman copy from Rome Italy, signed by Glykon of Athens, after a bronze original, 320bce, Lysippos
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Battle of Issus
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Roman copy, from the House of the Faun, Pompeii, Italy, late second or early first century bce. created by philoxenos of Eretria
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Theater
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Epidauros, Greece, 350bce, created by Polykleitos the Younger (a possible nephew), finest in Greece, constructed after the birth of Alexander the great was born,
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Altar of Zeus
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reconstruction of the west front, from Pergamon, Turkey, 175bce, framed by an Ionic stoalike colonnade
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Athen battling Alkyoneos
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detail of the gigantomachy frieze, from the altar of Zeus, Pergamon, Turkey, 175, bce
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Nike of Samothrace
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Nike alighting on a warship, from Samothrace, Greece, 190bce,
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Dying Gaul
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Roman copy after a bronze from Pergamon, Turkey, 230-220bce, Epigonos
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Venus de Milo
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Aphrodite, grabbing for her cloth, from Melos, Greece, 150-125bce, Alexandros of Antioch-on-the-Meander
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Aphrodite, Eros, and Pan
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from Delos, Greece, 100bce,
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Barberini Faun
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Sleeping satyr, from Rome, Italy, 230-200bce, voyerism
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Old Market Women
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Currently at the Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, 150-100bce, carries on b/c of necessity not b/c of desiring to,
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Laocoon and his sons
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From Rome, Italy, early first century ce, by Athandoros, Hagesandros and Polydoros of Rhodes, its a priest
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Capitoline Wolf
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From Rome, Italy, 500-480bce, Romulus and Remus suckling from the wolf, Founders of Rome(added later), Etruscan
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Capitoline Wolf
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From Rome, Italy, 500-480bce, Romulus and Remus suckling from the wolf, Founders of Rome(added later), Etruscan
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Temple of Vesta
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From Tivoli, Italy, early first century BCE. Greek inspired temple; circular with Corinthian columns.Use of concrete to create the temple.
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Funerary relief
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Portraits of the Gessii, from Rome, Italy. 30BCE. Relief of free slaves; center image is a portrait of who set them free. also having a picture of who released them gives them an ancestor.protraits were made to stablish thie status as Roman citizens
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Head of a Roman patrician
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From Otricoli, Italy, 75-50 BCE. this style can be traced to Hellenistic and Etruscan portraits. realistic images of old men, that depicted wisdom and knowlegde.
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Portrait of a Roman general
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From the Santuary of Hercules, Tivoli, Italy, 75-50BCE. Old head set on a young body, bring of greek culture and roman ideology together.
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Denarius with portrait of Julius Ceasar
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44BCE, first sign of adverticement in which someone is portrayed that is alive at that time. sign of aging face on coin, again shows wisdom.
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Dionysiac mystery frieze
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Second style wall paintings, found in room 5 if the Villa of the Mysteries. Pompeii, Italy, 60-50 BCE. Illusion of an imaginary 3-D world. Depicts the union of Ariadne(daughter of King Minos) with Dionysos.
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Perspective second style painting
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From Cubiculum M of the villa of Publius Fannius Synistor, Boscoreale, Italy. 50-40 BCE. 3-D painting
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Gardenscape
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Second Style, from villa of livia, Primaporta, Italy. 30-20 BCE.Atmospheric perspective.
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thrid style painting in Cubiculum
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from cubiculum 15 of the villa of Agrippa Postumus, Boscotrecase, Italy. 10BCE. depicted linear fantasies on monochromatic backrounds.
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Fourth Style wall painting
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Found in Ixion Room of the house of the Vetti, Pompeii, Italy. 70-79CE.show irrational fantasies mixed with color.
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Portrait of a husband and wife
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wall painting, Pompeii, Italy. 70-79CE, forth wall style, depicts the education of the house hold
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Portrait of Augustus as general
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from Primaporta, Italy, early 1st century copy. Son of a God, influence of classic greek art (youthful). used for propaganda and bring together the two parties in rome.
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Portrait bust of Livia
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from faiyum, Egypt, early 1st century.shows a never aging empress
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Ara Pacis Augustae
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Altar of Augustan Peace, Rome, Italy.13-9BCE.
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Female Personification
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in the Ara Pacis Augustae, Rome, Italy. 13-9BCE. mother earth.
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Procession of the imperial family
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in the Ara Pacis Augustae, Rome, Italy. 13-9BCE. showing Augustus attemp to show his new order as the golden age, first time children are depicted
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Maison Carree
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Nimes, France.1-10CE a depiction of the Forum of Augustus. Corinthian pseudoperipteral temple
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Pont-du-Gard
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Nimes, France, 16CE. aqueduct-brige, shows roman engineering and aesthetics.
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Collosseum
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Rome, Italy, 70-80 CE. Build by Vespasian, used for glaritorial games. build using concrete. seating was based on class.
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Arch of Titus
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Rome, Italy, after 80 CE, build by Domitian in honor of titus, his brother.use of Ionic volutes and corinthian acanthus.
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Spoils of Jerusalem
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relief inside the Arch of titus, Rome, Italy, after 81CE. shows the procession after the conquest in Judaea, illusion of movement.
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Apollodorus Of Damascus
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forum of Trajanm, Rome, Italy, dedicated 112CE. Rome's Greatest Forum. glorified trajan's victory in his two wars against the dacians
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Column of Trajan
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Forum of Trajan, Rome , Italy. dedecated 112CE. had a spiral narrative, once had a nude statue of the emperor trajan
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Apollodorus of Damascus
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markets of trajan, rome , italy 100-112CE.used for shops and administrative offices.
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Funeral felief of a circus official
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from Ostia, Italy. 110-130 CE, shows faithfulness to the wife and use of lower class art. continous narritive
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Pantheon
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Rome, Italy,118-125CE. temple for all Gods, used concrete to creat it.use of geometric shapes to give it an different look, use of corinthian columns
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model of an insula
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ostia, italy, 2nd century, modern day apartments
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Apotheosis of Antonius Pius and Faustina
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pedestal of the column of antonius pius, rome, italy, 161ce. made by marcus and lucius in honor of pius, classical tradition, roma, rome personifield.
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Decursio
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pedestal of the column of antonius pius, rome, italy, 161ce. decursio, the ritual circuling of the imperial funerary, figures are more stockier. moving away from the classical art
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plan of the central section of the baths
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from caracalla, rome, italy 212-216CE
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Temple of Venus
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baalbek, lebanon, 3rd century. ignores classical design. use of 5 corinthian capitals with pentagonal bases
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portraits of the four tetrarchs
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from constantinaple 305CE,
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Arch of Constantine
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rome, italy, 312-315CE,use of old reliefs
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relief of emperor on arch of constatine
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rome, italy, 312-315CE,
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portrait of constantine
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basilica nova, rome, italy 315-330CE, larger than life, using it as propaganda.
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Basilica Nova
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rome, italy 306-312ce,
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Aula Palatina
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Trier, Germany early 4th century ce
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coins with faces of constantine
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307 and 315
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