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ID number: BIRBI-R2533 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: 303-305 Metal: Base metal Diameter (cm): 2.70 Weight (g): 10.28 Axis (degrees): 180.00 Provenance: Haines 137. W. S. Lincoln, 1914. |
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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.; S and F in field, to l. and r. of figure respectively.
Inscriptions: Obverse: IMP DIOCLETIANVS ΛVG (Imperator Diocletian Augustus). Reverse: GENIO POP...-II ROMANI (To the Genius of the Roman People). In Exergue: PTR
Bibliography: RIC VI 582A
Notes: According to RIC, the PTR in the exergue of the reverse and the S F in the field of the reverse are mintmarks (officina) indicating Treveri.
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