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ID number: BIRBI-R2627 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: 298-300 Metal: Silver and base metal Diameter (cm): 2.80 Weight (g): 10.91 Axis (degrees): 180.00 Provenance: Haines 2916. Rev. Sydenham Collection Sale, A. H. Baldwin, 1953. |
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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: MΛXIMIΛNVS NOB CΠES ([Galerius] Maximian, Noble Caesar). Reverse: CENIO POPV-LI ROMIINI (The Genius of the Roman People).
Bibliography: RIC VI 15
Notes: Traces of silvering.
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