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Numismatics ID number: BIRBI-R2556 Object type: Coin Institution: The Barber Institute of Fine Arts Named collection: G. Haines Collection Collector: Haines, Geoffrey Maker: Diocletian; Alexandria Denomination: Follis Place made: Africa: Egypt, Lower Egypt, Alexandria Culture: Roman Date made: 308-310 Metal: Base metal Diameter (cm): 2.45 Weight (g): 5.84 Axis (degrees): 315.00 Provenance: Haines 2818. A. H. Baldwin, 1953. |
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Description: Obverse: Head of Diocletian, wearing laurel wreath and beard, wearing imperial mantle and holding branch in r. and mappa in l., facing r. Reverse: Providentia, draped, standing facing r., extending r. to Quies, draped, standing facing l., holding branch in r. and leaning on sceptre with l.; E, K and P in field, in between figures. Inscriptions: Obverse: D N DIOCLETIANO BHEATISS (Our Lord Diocletian, Most Blessed). Reverse: PROVIDENTIA DEORVM (The Foresight of the Gods). In Exergue: HLE Bibliography: RIC VI 109 Notes: According to RIC, the [A]LE in the exergue on the reverse and the E K P in the field of the reverse are mintmarks (officinae) indicating Alexandria. |
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| Haines, Geoffrey Colton British 1899 1981-09-14 | |
| Alexandria | |
| Diocletian Roman 244 312 | |
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