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Numismatics ID number: BIRBI-R2557 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: 311 Metal: Base metal Diameter (cm): 2.55 Weight (g): 5.83 Axis (degrees): 180.00 Provenance: Haines 723. W. S. Lincoln, 1924. |
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Description: Obverse: Head of Diocletian, wearing laurel wreath and beard, wearing imperial mantle with face of Sol, radiate, on chest, 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.; B, K and P in field, in between figures, and ᴗ in field, above. Inscriptions: Obverse: D N DIOCLETIANO BEAT SEN AVC (Our Lord Diocletian, Most Blessed Senior Augustus). Reverse: PROVIDENTIA DEORVM (The Foresight of the Gods). In Exergue: ALE Bibliography: RIC VI 127 var. Notes: According to RIC, the ALE in the exergue on the reverse and the ᴗ (above) B K P (between figures) in the field of the reverse are mintmarks (officinae) indicating Alexandria. As opposed to the type in RIC, this coin has an extra mintmark in the field in the reverse (ᴗ) and Diocletian does not hold the branch or mappa on the obverse. |
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| Haines, Geoffrey Colton British 1899 1981-09-14 | |
| Diocletian Roman 244 312 | |
| Alexandria | |
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