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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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