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ID number:  BIRBI-R2665
Object type:  Coin
Institution:  The Barber Institute of Fine Arts
Named collection:  G. Haines Collection
Collector:  Haines, Geoffrey
Maker:  Galeria Valeria; Galerius; Heraclea
Denomination:  Follis
Place made:  Eurasia: Marmara Ereğlisi
Culture:  Roman
Date made:  309-310
Metal:  Base metal
Diameter (cm):  2.70
Weight (g):  6.66
Axis (degrees):  0.00
Provenance:  Haines 331. Presented by Earle Fox, 1921.
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Description:  Obverse: Head of Galeria Valeria, wearing diadem, draped, facing r. Reverse: Venus, draped, standing frontally with head facing l., holding apple in r. and raising drapery over l. shoulder.

Inscriptions:  Obverse: CHL VHL-ERIA HVC (Galeria Valeria Augusta). Reverse: VENERI V-ICTRICI (Victorius Venus). In Exergue: HTB

Bibliography:  RIC VI 43

Notes:  According to RIC, the HTB in the exergue of the reverse are mintmarks indicating Heraclea.

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