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Numismatics ID number: BIRBI-R2559 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: 300 Metal: Base metal Diameter (cm): 2.60 Weight (g): 9.95 Axis (degrees): 315.00 Provenance: Whitting 2570. |
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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., pouring liquor from patera in r. and cornucopia in l.; XXI and A in field, to l. and r. respectively. Inscriptions: Obverse: IMD C DIOCLETIHNVS D D MVC (Imperator Caesar Diocletian Pius Felix Augustus). Reverse: ƐONIO POPV-L-I ROMANI (The Genius of the Roman People). In Exergue: ʌLE Bibliography: RIC VI 30A Notes: According to RIC, the [A]LE in the exergue on the reverse and the XXI A in the field of the reverse are mintmarks (officinae) indicating Alexandria. |
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| Whitting, Philip David British 1903 1988 | |
| Diocletian Roman 244 312 | |
| Alexandria | |
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