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Numismatics ID number: BIRBI-R2635 Object type: Coin Institution: The Barber Institute of Fine Arts Named collection: G. Haines Collection Collector: Haines, Geoffrey Maker: Galerius; Diocletian; Lugdunum Denomination: Follis Place made: Europe: France, Lyons Culture: Roman Date made: 301-303 Metal: Base metal Diameter (cm): 2.65 Weight (g): 9.04 Axis (degrees): 0.00 Provenance: Haines 2840. Rev. Sydenham Collection Sale, A. H. Baldwin, 1953. |
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Description: Obverse: Head of Galerius, wearing laurel wreath and beard, cuirassed, holding sceptre in r. over shoulder, facing l. Reverse: Genius, naked but cloaked, wearing modius, standing facing l., holding patera in r. over altar at feet, to l., and cornucopia in l.; A in field, to r. Inscriptions: Obverse: MHXIMIHNVS NOB C ([Galerius] Maximian, Noble Caesar). Reverse: CENIO POP-VLI ROMHNI (The Genius of the Roman People). In Exergue: PLC Bibliography: RIC VI 167B Notes: According to RIC, the PLC in the exergue of the reverse and [A] in the field of the reverse are mintmarks (officina) indicating Lugdunum. |
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4 Related People | |
| Diocletian Roman 244 312 | |
| Galerius Roman 311 | |
| Lugdunum Roman | |
| Haines, Geoffrey Colton British 1899 1981-09-14 | |
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