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ID number: BIRBI-R2531 Object type: Coin
Institution: The Barber Institute of Fine Arts Named collection: G. Haines Collection Collector: Haines, Geoffrey Maker: Diocletian; Treveri Denomination: Follis Place made: Europe: Germany, Rhineland-Palatinate, Trier Culture: Roman Date made: 298-299 Metal: Base metal Diameter (cm): 2.80 Weight (g): 9.91 Axis (degrees): 180.00 Provenance: Haines 2903. 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.; B and * in field, to l. and r. of figure respectively.
Inscriptions: Obverse: IMP DIOCLETIΛNVS P F AVG (Imperator Diocletian Pius Felix Augustus). Reverse: GENIO POPV-LI ROMINI (To the Genius of the Roman People). In Exergue: TH
Bibliography: RIC VI 278A
Notes: According to RIC, the T[R] in the exergue of the reverse and the B * in the field of the reverse are mintmarks (officina) indicating Treveri. Hole, possibly due to corrosion, by Diocletian's neck.
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