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ID number: BIRBI-R2540 Object type: Coin
Institution: The Barber Institute of Fine Arts Named collection: G. Haines Collection Collector: Haines, Geoffrey Maker: Diocletian; Aquileia Denomination: Follis Place made: Europe: Italy, Aquileia Culture: Roman Date made: 296 Metal: Base metal Diameter (cm): 2.80 Weight (g): 9.66 Axis (degrees): 180.00 Provenance: Haines 1563. W. S. Lincoln, 1932. |
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Description: Obverse: Head of Diocletian, wearing laurel wreath and beard, facing r. Reverse: Genius, naked but cloaked and wearing modius, standing facing l., holding patera in r. and cornucopia in l.
Inscriptions: Obverse: INP DIOCLETIHNVS P F AVC (Imperator Diocletian Pius Felix Augustus). Reverse: GENI… POPV-LI ROMHNI (To the Genius of the Roman People). In Exergue: AQS
Bibliography: RIC VI 23A
Notes: According to RIC, the AQS in the exergue of the reverse are mintmarks indicating Aquileia.
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