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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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