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ID number:  BIRBI-R2639
Object type:  Coin
Institution:  The Barber Institute of Fine Arts
Named collection:  G. Haines Collection
Collector:  Haines, Geoffrey
Maker:  Galerius; Ticinum
Denomination:  Follis
Place made:  Europe: Italy, Lombardy, Pavia
Culture:  Roman
Date made:  305
Metal:  Base metal
Diameter (cm):  2.85
Weight (g):  10.08
Axis (degrees):  135.00
Provenance:  Haines 2842. Rev Sydenham Collection Sale, A. H. Baldwin, 1953.
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Description:  Obverse: Head of Galerius, wearing laurel wreath and beard, facing r. Reverse: Fides, draped, seated facing l., holding a standard in each hand; • in field, to r.

Inscriptions:  Obverse: IMP C MHXIMIHNVS P F HVC (Imperator Caesar Maximian [Galerius], Pius Felix Augustus). Reverse: CIDES M-I-LITVM (The Loyalty of the Soldiers). In Exergue: ST

Bibliography:  RIC VI 55B

Notes:  According to RIC, the ST in the exergue of the reverse and the • in the field of the reverse are mintmarks (officina) indicating Ticinum.

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Haines, Geoffrey Colton
British
1899
1981-09-14
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