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Numismatics ID number: BIRBI-R2558 Object type: Coin Institution: The Barber Institute of Fine Arts Named collection: P. D. Whitting Collection Collector: Whitting, Philip D. Maker: Diocletian; Alexandria Denomination: Follis Place made: Africa: Egypt, Lower Egypt, Alexandria Culture: Roman Date made: 311 Metal: Base metal Diameter (cm): 2.40 Weight (g): 7.45 Axis (degrees): 0.00 Provenance: Whitting 4155. Ex Sydenham Collection Sale, A. H. Baldwin, October 1963. |
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Description: Obverse: Head of Diocletian, wearing laurel wreath and beard, wearing imperial mantle 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.; A, X and K in field, in between figures. Inscriptions: Obverse: D N DIOCLETIHNO BAEATISS (Our Lord Diocletian, Most Blessed). Reverse: PROVIDENTIA DEORVM (The Foresight of the Gods). In Exergue: Aɪᴦ Bibliography: RIC VI 80 var. Notes: According to RIC, the A[LE] in the exergue on the reverse and the A X K in the field of the reverse are mintmarks (officinae) indicating Alexandria. As opposed to the RIC type, this coin has an extra letter at the end of the legend on the obverse (S). |
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| Diocletian Roman 244 312 | |
| Whitting, Philip David British 1903 1988 | |
| Alexandria | |
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