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ID number: BIRBI-R2597 Object type: Coin
Institution: The Barber Institute of Fine Arts Named collection: G. Haines Collection Collector: Haines, Geoffrey Maker: Constantius I; Maximian; Treveri Denomination: Follis Place made: Europe: Germany, Rhineland-Palatinate, Trier Culture: Roman Date made: 296-297 Metal: Base metal Diameter (cm): 2.70 Weight (g): 8.81 Axis (degrees): 0.00 Provenance: Haines 2911. Rev. Sydenham Collection Sale, A. H. Baldwin, 1953. |
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Description: Obverse: Head of Constantius, wearing laurel wreath and beard, facing r. Reverse: Genius, naked but cloaked, and wearing modius, standing facing l., holding patera in r. and cornucopia in l.; A and Γ in field, to l. and r. respectively.
Inscriptions: Obverse: CONSTΛNTIVS NOB CΛES (Constantius, Noble Caesar). Reverse: CFNIO POPV-LI ROMANI (The Genius of the Roman People). In Exergue: TQ
Bibliography: RIC VI 213A
Notes: According to RIC, the T[R] in the exergue on the reverse and A Γ in field on the reverse are mintmarks (officinae) indicating Treveri.
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