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ID number: BIRBI-R2542 Object type: Coin
Institution: The Barber Institute of Fine Arts Named collection: G. Haines Collection Collector: Haines, Geoffrey Maker: Diocletian; Rome Denomination: Follis Place made: Europe: Italy, Rome Culture: Roman Date made: 300-301 Metal: Base metal Diameter (cm): 2.80 Weight (g): 10.78 Axis (degrees): 225.00 Provenance: Haines 3674. A. H. Baldwin, 1961. |
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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 P F AVC (Imperator Caesar Diocletian Pius Felix Augustus). Reverse: SHCRH HON VRB ΛVCC ET CHESS NN (The Sacred Money of the City of Our Two Emperors and Two Caesers). In Exergue: P [thunderbolt]
Bibliography: RIC VI 100A
Notes: According to RIC, the P [thunderbolt] in the exergue of the reverse are mintmarks indicating Rome.
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