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ID number: BIRBI-R2622 Object type: Coin
Institution: The Barber Institute of Fine Arts Named collection: G. Haines Collection Collector: Haines, Geoffrey Maker: Constantius I; Maximian; Antioch Denomination: Follis Place made: Eurasia: Antioch Culture: Roman Date made: 298 Metal: Base metal Diameter (cm): 2.90 Weight (g): 9.90 Axis (degrees): 180.00 Provenance: Haines 1580. W. S. Lincoln, 1932. |
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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., pouring from patera in r. and cornucopia in l.; * * Δ ᴗ in field, to top l., bottom l., bottom r. and mid-r. respectively.
Inscriptions: Obverse: FL VHL CONSTANTIVS NOB CAES (Flavius Valerius Constantius, Noble Caesar). Reverse: GEIIIO POPV-L-I ROMHNI (The Genius of the Roman People). In Exergue: ANT
Bibliography: RIC VI 51A
Notes: According to RIC, the ANT in the exergue of the reverse and * * Δ ᴗ (anticlockwise) are mintmarks (officinae) indicating Antioch.
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