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Numismatics ID number: BIRBI-R2539 Object type: Coin Institution: The Barber Institute of Fine Arts Named collection: G. Haines Collection Collector: Haines, Geoffrey; Oman, Charles Maker: Diocletian; Ticinum Denomination: Follis Place made: Europe: Italy, Lombardy, Pavia Culture: Roman Date made: 306 Metal: Base metal Diameter (cm): 2.75 Weight (g): 9.90 Axis (degrees): 45.00 Provenance: Haines 1564. Ex Sir Charles Oman Collection, 1949. |
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Description: Obverse: Head of Diocletian, wearing laurel wreath and beard, wearing imperial mantle, holding olive-branch in r. and mappa in l., facing r. Reverse: Providentia, draped, standing facing r., extending r. to Quies, draped, standing facing l., holding branch in r. and sceptre in l.; H in field, to l., and dots between the two figures. Inscriptions: Obverse: D b DIOCLETIHNO FELICISSIMO SEN AVC (Our Lord Diocletian, Most Fortunate, Senior Augustus). Reverse: PROVIDENTIA DEORVM QVIES HVCC (Foresight of the Gods, Retirement of the Emperors). In Exergue: PT Bibliography: RIC VI 68A Notes: According to RIC, the PT in the exergue of the reverse and the [A] in the field of the reverse are mintmarks (officina) indicating Ticinum. |
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| Diocletian Roman 244 312 | |
| Haines, Geoffrey Colton British 1899 1981-09-14 | |
| Ticinum | |
| Oman, Charles British 12 January 1860 23 June 1946 | |
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