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ID number: BIRBI-R2538 Object type: Coin
Institution: The Barber Institute of Fine Arts Named collection: P. D. Whitting Collection Collector: Whitting, Philip D. Maker: Diocletian; Ticinum Denomination: Follis Place made: Europe: Italy, Lombardy, Pavia Culture: Roman Date made: 300-303 Metal: Silver and base metal Diameter (cm): 2.75 Weight (g): 12.54 Axis (degrees): 180.00 Provenance: Whitting 4154. Ex Sydenham Collection Sale, A. H. Baldwin, 1963. |
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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: IMP C DIOCLETIHNVS D F HVC (Imperator Caesar Diocletian Pius Felix Augustus). Reverse: SHCRH MONET HVCC ET CHESS 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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