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ID number: BIRBI-R2626 Object type: Coin
Institution: The Barber Institute of Fine Arts Named collection: G. Haines Collection Collector: Haines, Geoffrey Maker: Galerius; Diocletian; Londinium Denomination: Follis Place made: Europe: United Kingdom, London Culture: Roman Date made: 300-305 Metal: Base metal Diameter (cm): 3.05 Weight (g): 10.48 Axis (degrees): 225.00 Provenance: Haines 104. W. S. Lincoln, 1920. |
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Description: Obverse: Head of Galerius, wearing laurel wreath and beard, cuirassed, facing r. Reverse: Genius, naked but cloaked, and wearing modius, standing facing l., holding patera in r. and cornucopia in l.
Inscriptions: Obverse: MΛXIMIANVS NOBIL C ([Galerius] Maximian, Noble Caesar). Reverse: GENIO POPV-LI ROMANI (The Genius of the Roman People).
Bibliography: RIC VI 33
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