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ID number: BIRBI-R2636 Object type: Coin
Institution: The Barber Institute of Fine Arts Named collection: G. Haines Collection Collector: Haines, Geoffrey Maker: Galerius; Lugdunum Denomination: Follis Place made: Europe: France, Lyons Culture: Roman Date made: 307 Metal: Base metal Diameter (cm): 2.80 Weight (g): 8.83 Axis (degrees): 0.00 Provenance: Haines 1573. W. S. Lincoln, 1932. |

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Description: Obverse: Head of Galerius, wearing laurel wreath and beard, cuirassed, holding sceptre in r. over shoulder, facing l. Reverse: Genius, naked but cloaked, covering loins, wearing modius, standing facing l., holding patera in r. and cornucopia in l.; T F in field, to l. and r. respectively.
Inscriptions: Obverse: IMP MHXIMIHNVS P F AVC (Imperator [Galerius] Maximian Pius Felix Augustus). Reverse: CENIO POP ROM (The Genius of the Roman People). In Exergue: PLC
Bibliography: RIC VI 218
Notes: According to RIC, the PLC in the exergue of the reverse and T F in the field of the reverse are mintmarks (officinae) indicating Lugdunum.
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