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Numismatics

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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