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ID number: BIRBI-R2628 Object type: Coin
Institution: The Barber Institute of Fine Arts Named collection: P. D. Whitting Collection Collector: Whitting, Philip D. Maker: Galerius; Diocletian; Londinium Denomination: Follis Place made: Europe: United Kingdom, London Culture: Roman Date made: 300-305 Metal: Silver and base metal Diameter (cm): 2.75 Weight (g): 9.00 Axis (degrees): 180.00 Provenance: Whitting 4172. Ex Sydenham, A. H. Baldwin, October 1963. |

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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 NOB CAES ([Galerius] Maximian, Noble Caesar). Reverse: GENI… IOPV-LI ROMΛNI (The Genius of the Roman People).
Bibliography: RIC VI 15
Notes: Traces of silvering.
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