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Numismatics ID number: BIRBI-R2664 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: Galeria Valeria; Galerius; Thessalonica Denomination: Follis Place made: Europe: Greece, Thessaloniki Culture: Roman Date made: 308-310 Metal: Base metal Diameter (cm): 2.55 Weight (g): 6.70 Axis (degrees): 180.00 Provenance: Haines 332. Presented by Earle Fox Bequest, 1921 - from a hoard found in Crete. |
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Description: Obverse: Head of Galeria Valeria, wearing laurel wreath and diadem, draped, facing r. Reverse: Venus, draped, standing frontally with head facing l., holding apple in r. and raising drapery over l. shoulder; * H in field, to l. and r. respectively. Inscriptions: Obverse: CHL VHLE-HI… HVG (Galeria Valeria Augusta). Reverse: VENERI V-ICTR... (Victorius Venus). In Exergue: •SM•TS• Bibliography: RIC VI 34 Notes: According to RIC, the •SM•TS• in the exergue of the reverse and the * [A] in the field of the reverse are mintmarks (officinae) indicating Thessalonica. |
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6 Related People | |
| Thessalonica | |
| Haines, Geoffrey Colton British 1899 1981-09-14 | |
| Crete Hoard | |
| Galeria Valeria Roman 315 | |
| Galerius Roman 311 | |
| Earle Fox, H. B. British 1863 21 March 1920 | |
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