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ID number:  BIRBI-R2538
Object type:  Coin
Institution:  The Barber Institute of Fine Arts
Named collection:  P. D. Whitting Collection
Collector:  Whitting, Philip D.
Maker:  Diocletian; Ticinum
Denomination:  Follis
Place made:  Europe: Italy, Lombardy, Pavia
Culture:  Roman
Date made:  300-303
Metal:  Silver and base metal
Diameter (cm):  2.75
Weight (g):  12.54
Axis (degrees):  180.00
Provenance:  Whitting 4154. Ex Sydenham Collection Sale, A. H. Baldwin, 1963.
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Description:  Obverse: Head of Diocletian, wearing laurel wreath and beard, facing r. Reverse: Moneta, draped, standing facing l., holding scales in r. and cornucopia in l.

Inscriptions:  Obverse: IMP C DIOCLETIHNVS D F HVC (Imperator Caesar Diocletian Pius Felix Augustus). Reverse: SHCRH MONET HVCC ET CHESS NOSTR (The Sacred Money of Our Two Emperors and Two Caesars). In Exergue: ST•

Bibliography:  RIC VI 43A

Notes:  Silvered. The mint-mark is a variation from the RIC type (PST).

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