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Numismatics

ID number:  BIRBI-R2547
Object type:  Coin
Institution:  The Barber Institute of Fine Arts
Named collection:  G. Haines Collection
Collector:  Haines, Geoffrey
Maker:  Diocletian; Carthage
Denomination:  Follis
Place made:  Carthage
Culture:  Roman
Date made:  299-303
Metal:  Base metal
Diameter (cm):  2.95
Weight (g):  10.66
Axis (degrees):  0.00
Provenance:  Haines 1560.W. S. Lincoln, 1932.
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Description:  Obverse: Head of Diocletian, wearing laurel wreath and beard, facing r. Reverse: Carthage, wearing long robe, standing frontally with head facing l., holding fruits in both hands.

Inscriptions:  Obverse: IMP DIOCLETIHNVS P F HVC (Imperator Diocletian Pius Felix Augustus). Reverse: SHLVIS HIICC ET CHESS FEL FHRT (Fortunate Carthage, for the Salvation of the two Emperors and two Caesars). In Exergue: H

Bibliography:  RIC VI 31A

Notes:  According to RIC, the [A] in the exergue of the reverse is a mintmark indicating Carthage.

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