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Numismatics

ID number:  BIRBI-R2607
Object type:  Coin
Institution:  The Barber Institute of Fine Arts
Named collection:  G. Haines Collection
Collector:  Haines, Geoffrey
Maker:  Constantius I; Maximian; Lugdunum
Denomination:  Follis
Place made:  Europe: France, Lyons
Culture:  Roman
Date made:  303-305
Metal:  Base metal
Diameter (cm):  3.05
Weight (g):  12.37
Axis (degrees):  180.00
Provenance:  Haines 2910. Rev. Sydenham Collection Sale, A. H. Baldwin, 1953.
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Description:  Obverse: Head of Constantius, wearing laurel wreath and beard, cuirassed, facing r. Reverse: Genius, naked but cloaked, and wearing modius, standing facing l., holding patera in r. over altar at feet, to l., and cornucopia in l.; * in field, to r.

Inscriptions:  Obverse: CONSTANTIVS NOB C (Constantius, Noble Caesar). Reverse: G□NIO POP-VLI ROMANI (The Genius of the Roman People). In Exergue: PLC

Bibliography:  RIC VI 178A

Notes:  According to RIC, the PLC in the exergue on the reverse and * in the field on the reverse are mintmarks (officina) indicating Lugdunum.

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Haines, Geoffrey Colton
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1899
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