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Numismatics ID number: BIRBI-R2593 Object type: Coin Institution: The Barber Institute of Fine Arts Named collection: G. Haines Collection Collector: Haines, Geoffrey Maker: Domitius Domitianus; Alexandria Denomination: Follis Place made: Africa: Egypt, Lower Egypt, Alexandria Culture: Roman Date made: 295-296 Metal: Base metal Diameter (cm): 2.75 Weight (g): 9.17 Axis (degrees): 0.00 Provenance: Haines 262. W. S. Lincoln, 1919. |
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Description: Obverse: Head of Domitius Domitianus, wearing laurel wreath and beard, facing r. Reverse: Genius, naked but cloaked, and wearing modius, standing facing l., pouring liquor from patera in r. and cornucopia in l.; eagle by feet, to l., and Γ in field, to r. Inscriptions: Obverse: IMP C L DOMITIVS DOMITIANVS HVG (Imperator Caesar Lucius Domitius Domitianus Augustus). Reverse: GENIO POPV-L-I ROMAHI (The Genius of the Roman People). In Exergue: ALE Bibliography: RIC VI 20 var. Notes: According to RIC, the ALE in the exergue on the reverse and Γ in field on the reverse are mintmarks (officina) indicating Alexandria. As opposed to the type in RIC, the eagle on the reverse of this coin does not hold a wreath in its beak. |
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| Alexandria | |
| Domitius Domitianus Roman 297 | |
| Haines, Geoffrey Colton British 1899 1981-09-14 | |
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