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ID number: BIRBI-R2669 Object type: Coin
Institution: The Barber Institute of Fine Arts Named collection: G. Haines Collection Collector: Haines, Geoffrey; Oman, Charles Maker: Severus II; Constantius; Treveri Denomination: Follis Place made: Europe: Germany, Rhineland-Palatinate, Trier Culture: Roman Date made: 305-307 Metal: Base metal Diameter (cm): 2.80 Weight (g): 11.81 Axis (degrees): 180.00 Provenance: Haines 355. Presented by Ex Sir Charles Oman Collection, 1921. |

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Description: Obverse: Head of Severus, wearing laurel wreath and beard, cuirassed, facing r. Reverse: Genius, naked but cloaked, covering l. shoulder and loins, and head towered, standing facing l., holding patera in r. and cornucopia in l.; S F in field, to l. and r. respectively.
Inscriptions: Obverse: FL VHL SEVERVS NOB C (Flavius Valerius Severus, Noble Caesar). Reverse: CENIO POPV-LI ROMHNI (The Genius of the Roman People). In Exergue: PTR
Bibliography: RIC VI 667A
Notes: According to RIC, the PTR in the exergue of the reverse and S F in the field of the reverse are mintmarks (officinae) indicating Treveri.
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