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ID number: BIRBI-R2552 Object type: Coin
Institution: The Barber Institute of Fine Arts Named collection: G. Haines Collection Collector: Haines, Geoffrey Maker: Diocletian; Antioch Denomination: Follis Place made: Eurasia: Antioch Culture: Roman Date made: 300-301 Metal: Base metal Diameter (cm): 2.85 Weight (g): 9.54 Axis (degrees): 180.00 Provenance: Haines 1473. 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.; K, V and B in field, to l., bottom r. and mid-r. respectively.
Inscriptions: Obverse: IMP C DIOCLETIANVS P F HVG (Imperator Caesar Diocletian Pius Felix Augustus). Reverse: GENIO POPV-LI ROMHNI (To the Genius of the Roman People). In Exergue: ANT
Bibliography: RIC VI 54A
Notes: According to RIC, the ANT in the exergue on the reverse and the K V B in the field of the reverse are mintmarks (officinae) indicating Antioch.
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