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ID number: BIRBI-R2555 Object type: Coin
Institution: The Barber Institute of Fine Arts Named collection: G. Haines Collection Collector: Haines, Geoffrey Maker: Diocletian; Alexandria Denomination: Half-Follis Place made: Africa: Egypt, Lower Egypt, Alexandria Culture: Roman Date made: 296-297 Metal: Base metal Diameter (cm): 2.05 Weight (g): 2.71 Axis (degrees): 0.00 Provenance: Haines 4018. Presented by Mr P. C. B. Wallis, 1963. |
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Description: Obverse: Head of Diocletian, wearing radiate crown and beard, draped and cuirassed, facing r. Reverse: Emperor, in military attire, standing facing r., receiving Victory on globe in r. from Jupiter, naked but cloaked, standing facing l., holding sceptre in l.; Γ in field, between figures.
Inscriptions: Obverse: INP C DIOCLETIΠHVS P P AVC (Imperator Caesar Diocletian Pius Felix Augustus). Reverse: CONCORDIB MI-LIIV…. (The Harmony of the Soldiers). In Exergue: ΛI…
Bibliography: RIC VI 46A
Notes: According to RIC, the [ALE] in the exergue on the reverse and the Γ in the field of the reverse are mintmarks (officina) indicating Alexandria.
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