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ID number: BIRBI-R2630 Object type: Coin
Institution: The Barber Institute of Fine Arts Named collection: G. Haines Collection Collector: Haines, Geoffrey Maker: Galerius; Diocletian; Treveri Denomination: Follis Place made: Europe: Germany, Rhineland-Palatinate, Trier Culture: Roman Date made: 298-299 Metal: Base metal Diameter (cm): 2.90 Weight (g): 9.20 Axis (degrees): 180.00 Provenance: Haines 3886. Spink, 1962. |

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Description: Obverse: Head of Galerius, wearing laurel wreath and beard, facing r. Reverse: Genius, naked but cloaked, wearing modius, standing facing l., holding patera in r. and cornucopia in l.; A and * in field, to l. and r. respectively.
Inscriptions: Obverse: MAXIMIANVS NOB CΛES ([Galerius] Maximian, Noble Caesar). Reverse: CENIO POPV-LI ROMANI (The Genius of the Roman People). In Exergue: TR
Bibliography: RIC VI 357B
Notes: According to RIC, the TR in the exergue of the reverse and A * in the field of the reverse are mintmarks (officinae) indicating Treveri.
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