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ID number:  BIRBI-R2594
Object type:  Coin
Institution:  The Barber Institute of Fine Arts
Named collection:  G. Haines Collection
Collector:  Haines, Geoffrey
Maker:  Constantius I; Maximian; Londinium
Denomination:  Follis
Place made:  Europe: United Kingdom, London
Culture:  Roman
Date made:  300-305
Metal:  Silver and base metal
Diameter (cm):  2.80
Weight (g):  9.85
Axis (degrees):  225.00
Provenance:  Haines 2565. Presented by the Ex Earle Fox Collection, 1921.
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Description:  Obverse: Head of Constantius, wearing laurel wreath and beard, cuirassed, facing r. Reverse: Genius, naked but cloaked, and wearing modius, standing facing l., holding patera in r. and cornucopia in l.

Inscriptions:  Obverse: FL VΛL CONSTΛNTIV□ NOB C (Flavius Valerius Constantius, Noble Caesar). Reverse: G□NIO POPV-LI ROMΛNI (The Genius of the Roman People).

Bibliography:  RIC VI 20

Notes:  Re-cut reverse die? Traces of silvering on obverse.

4 Related People

Maximian
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Haines, Geoffrey Colton
British
1899
1981-09-14
Londinium



Constantius I
Roman

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