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ID number: BIRBI-R2535 Object type: Coin
Institution: The Barber Institute of Fine Arts Named collection: G. Haines Collection Collector: Haines, Geoffrey Maker: Diocletian; Lugdunum Denomination: Follis Place made: Europe: France, Lyons Culture: Roman Date made: 301-303 Metal: Base metal Diameter (cm): 2.80 Weight (g): 7.94 Axis (degrees): 0.00 Provenance: Haines 831. W. Gilbert, 1924. |
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Description: Obverse: Head of Diocletian, wearing laurel wreath and beard, curiassed, facing l. Reverse: Genius, naked but cloaked and wearing modius, standing facing l., holding patera in r. and cornucopia in l.; altar at feet, to l., and S and F in field, to l. and r. of figure respectively.
Inscriptions: Obverse: IMP DIOCLETIANVS ΛVC (Imperator Diocletian Augustus). Reverse: CENIↃ POP-VLI ΠONSHNI (To the Genius of the Roman People). In Exergue: …C
Bibliography: RIC VI 115A
Notes: According to RIC, the [PL]C in the exergue of the reverse and the B in the field of the reverse are mintmarks (officina) indicating Lugdunum.
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