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ID number: BIRBI-R2537 Object type: Coin
Institution: The Barber Institute of Fine Arts Named collection: G. Haines Collection Collector: Haines, Geoffrey Maker: Diocletian; Ticinum Denomination: Follis Place made: Europe: Italy, Lombardy, Pavia Culture: Roman Date made: 300-303 Metal: Silver and base metal Diameter (cm): 2.60 Weight (g): 7.71 Axis (degrees): 135.00 Provenance: Haines 238. W. S. Lincoln, 1919. |
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Description: Obverse: Head of Diocletian, wearing laurel wreath and beard, facing r. Reverse: Moneta, draped, standing facing l., holding scales in r. and cornucopia in l.
Inscriptions: Obverse: INP C DIOCLETIHNVS P C HVC (Imperator Caesar Diocletian Pius Felix Augustus). Reverse: SACRH MONET AVCC ET CHCSS NOSTR (The Sacred Money of Our Two Emperors and Two Caesars). In Exergue: ST•
Bibliography: RIC VI 43A
Notes: Silvered. The mint-mark is a variation from the RIC type (PST).
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