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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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Constantius I
Roman

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Haines, Geoffrey Colton
British
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1981-09-14
Antioch



Maximian
Roman

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