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ID number:  BIRBI-R2527
Object type:  Coin
Institution:  The Barber Institute of Fine Arts
Named collection:  G. Haines Collection
Collector:  Haines, Geoffrey
Maker:  Diocletian; Londinium
Denomination:  Follis
Place made:  Europe: United Kingdom, London
Culture:  Roman
Date made:  300-305
Metal:  Silver and base metal
Diameter (cm):  3.05
Weight (g):  11.25
Axis (degrees):  180.00
Provenance:  Haines 2902. Rev. Sydenham Collection Sale, A. H. Baldwin, 1953.
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Description:  Obverse: Head of Diocletian, wearing laurel wreath and beard, cuirassed, facing r. Reverse: Genius, naked but cloaked and wearing modius, standing facing l., holding patera in r. and cornucopia in l.

Inscriptions:  Obverse: IMP DIOCLETIΠNVS AVC (Imperator Diocletian Augustus). Reverse: CENIO POPV-LI bOMΛNI (To the Genius of the Roman People).

Bibliography:  RIC VI 28A

Notes:  Silvered.

3 Related People

Diocletian
Roman
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Haines, Geoffrey Colton
British
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Londinium



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