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Numismatics ID number: BIRBI-R2592 Object type: Coin Institution: The Barber Institute of Fine Arts Named collection: G. Haines Collection Collector: Haines, Geoffrey Maker: Domitius Domitianus; Alexandria Denomination: Follis Place made: Africa: Egypt, Lower Egypt, Alexandria Culture: Roman Date made: 295-296 Metal: Base metal Diameter (cm): 2.65 Weight (g): 10.25 Axis (degrees): 0.00 Provenance: Haines 891. Col. Allotte de la Fuye Sale, Paris, 1925. |
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Description: Obverse: Head of Domitius Domitianus, wearing laurel wreath and beard, facing r. Reverse: Genius, naked but cloaked, and wearing modius, standing facing l., pouring liquor from patera in r. and cornucopia in l.; eagle by feet, to l., and A in field, to r. Inscriptions: Obverse: IKP C LVCIVS DOHITIVS DOHITIHNVS HVC (Imperator Caesar Lucius Domitius Domitianus Augustus). Reverse: CFNIO POPV-L-I ROMANI (The Genius of the Roman People). In Exergue: PLE Bibliography: RIC VI 19 var. Notes: According to RIC, the [A]LE in the exergue on the reverse and A in field on the reverse are mintmarks (officina) indicating Alexandria. As opposed to the type in RIC, the eagle on the reverse of this coin does not hold a wreath in its beak. |
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| Haines, Geoffrey Colton British 1899 1981-09-14 | |
| Alexandria | |
| Domitius Domitianus Roman 297 | |
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