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Numismatics ID number: BIRBI-R2701 Object type: Coin Institution: The Barber Institute of Fine Arts Named collection: G. Haines Collection Collector: Haines, Geoffrey; Earle Fox, H. B.; Crete Hoard Maker: Maximinus Daia; Galerius; Alexandria Denomination: Follis Place made: Africa: Egypt, Lower Egypt, Alexandria Culture: Roman Date made: 308-310 Metal: Base metal Diameter (cm): 2.50 Weight (g): 6.75 Axis (degrees): 180.00 Provenance: Haines 350. Presented by Earle Fox Bequest, 1921 - found in hoard in Crete. |
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Description: Obverse: Head of Maximinus, wearing laurel wreath, with parallel ties and pointed truncation (β), and beard, facing r. Reverse: Genius, naked but cloaked, wearing modius, standing facing l., pouring from patera in r. and holding cornucopia in l.; K P B in field, to bottom l., bottom r. and mid r. respectively. Inscriptions: Obverse: CAL VAL MAXIVINVS NOB CHb̄S (Galerius Valerius Maximinus, Noble Caesar). Reverse: CENIO CA-ESARIS (The Genius of the Caesar). In Exergue: ALE Bibliography: RIC VI 100A Notes: According to RIC, the ALE in the exergue of the reverse and K P B (anticlockwise) in the field of the reverse are mintmarks (officinae) indicating Alexandria. |
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6 Related People | |
| Haines, Geoffrey Colton British 1899 1981-09-14 | |
| Crete Hoard | |
| Alexandria | |
| Earle Fox, H. B. British 1863 21 March 1920 | |
| Maximinus Daia Roman c.270 313 | |
| Galerius Roman 311 | |
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