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ID number: BIRBI-R2530 Object type: Coin
Institution: The Barber Institute of Fine Arts Named collection: G. Haines Collection Collector: Haines, Geoffrey Maker: Diocletian; Treveri Denomination: Follis Place made: Europe: Germany, Rhineland-Palatinate, Trier Culture: Roman Date made: 296-297 Metal: Base metal Diameter (cm): 2.70 Weight (g): 9.89 Axis (degrees): 180.00 Provenance: Haines 1565. W. S. Lincoln, 1932. |

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Description: Obverse: Head of Diocletian, wearing laurel wreath and beard, facing r., as seen from behind. Reverse: Genius, naked but cloaked and wearing modius, standing facing l., holding patera in r. and cornucopia in l.; A and Γ in field, to l. and r. of figure respectively.
Inscriptions: Obverse: IMP DIOCLETIANVS P AVC (Imperator Diocletian Pius Augustus). Reverse: CENIC POPV-LI AOMHNI (To the Genius of the Roman People). In Exergue: TH
Bibliography: RIC VI 181A
Notes: According to RIC, the T[R] in the exergue of the reverse and the A Γ in the field of the reverse are mintmarks (officina) indicating Treveri.
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