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Numismatics ID number: BIRBI-R2554 Object type: Coin Institution: The Barber Institute of Fine Arts Named collection: G. Haines Collection Collector: Haines, Geoffrey Maker: Diocletian; Alexandria Denomination: Follis Place made: Africa: Egypt, Lower Egypt, Alexandria Culture: Roman Date made: 301 Metal: Base metal Diameter (cm): 2.75 Weight (g): 10.25 Axis (degrees): 0.00 Provenance: Haines 2952. Ex Duke of Argyll Collection, Spink, 1953. |
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Description: Obverse: Head of Diocletian, 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.; XX, I and Γ in field, to l., bottom r. and mid-r. respectively. Inscriptions: Obverse: IMP C DIOCLETIΛNVS P F ΛVG (Imperator Caesar Diocletian Pius Felix Augustus). Reverse: CENIO POPV-LI ROMΛNI (To the Genius of the Roman People). In Exergue: ΛLE Bibliography: RIC VI 32A Notes: According to RIC, the [A]LE in the exergue on the reverse and the XX (on l.) Γ I (on r.) in the field of the reverse are mintmarks (officinae) indicating Alexandria. |
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3 Related People | |
| Alexandria | |
| Haines, Geoffrey Colton British 1899 1981-09-14 | |
| Diocletian Roman 244 312 | |
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