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ID number: BIRBI-R2670 Object type: Coin
Institution: The Barber Institute of Fine Arts Named collection: G. Haines Collection Collector: Haines, Geoffrey; Oman, Charles Maker: Severus II; Constantius; Lugdunum Denomination: Follis Place made: Europe: France, Lyons Culture: Roman Date made: 305-306 Metal: Base metal Diameter (cm): 2.95 Weight (g): 8.72 Axis (degrees): 180.00 Provenance: Haines 924. Ex Sir Charles Oman Collection, 1949. |

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Description: Obverse: Head of Severus, wearing laurel wreath and beard, draped and cuirassed, facing r. Reverse: Genius, naked but cloaked, wearing modius, standing facing l., holding patera in r. and cornucopia in l.; * in field, to r.
Inscriptions: Obverse: SEVERVS NOB C (Severus, Noble Caesar). Reverse: GENIO POP-VLI ROMANI (The Genius of the Roman People). In Exergue: PLC
Bibliography: RIC VI 199A
Notes: According to RIC, the PLC in the exergue of the reverse and * in the field of the reverse are mintmarks (officina) indicating Lugdunum.
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