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Numismatics ID number: BIRBI-R2623 Object type: Coin Institution: The Barber Institute of Fine Arts Named collection: G. Haines Collection Collector: Haines, Geoffrey; Crete Hoard Maker: Constantius I; Maximian; Alexandria Denomination: Follis Place made: Africa: Egypt, Lower Egypt, Alexandria Culture: Roman Date made: 301 Metal: Silver and base metal Diameter (cm): 2.85 Weight (g): 9.88 Axis (degrees): 0.00 Provenance: Haines 337. Presented by Earle Fox Bequest, from a hoard in Crete, 1921. |
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Description: Obverse: Head of Constantius, wearing laurel wreath and beard, facing r. Reverse: Genius, naked but cloaked, and wearing modius, standing facing l., pouring from patera in r. and cornucopia in l.; XX, I, Γ in field, to l., bottom r. and mid-r. respectively. Inscriptions: Obverse: FL VHL CONSTHNTIVS NOB CHES (Flavius Valerius Constantius, Noble Caesar). Reverse: GENIO POPV-L-I ROMHNI (The Genius of the Roman People). In Exergue: HLE Bibliography: RIC VI 33A Notes: Traces of silvering. According to RIC, the [A]LE in the exergue of the reverse and XX I Γ (anticlockwise) are mintmarks (officinae) indicating Alexandria. |
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5 Related People | |
| Constantius I Roman 306 | |
| Crete Hoard | |
| Haines, Geoffrey Colton British 1899 1981-09-14 | |
| Alexandria | |
| Maximian Roman 310 | |
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