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ID number: BIRBI-R2631 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: 302-303 Metal: Base metal Diameter (cm): 2.80 Weight (g): 10.99 Axis (degrees): 180.00 Provenance: Haines 2918. 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, wearing modius, standing facing l., holding patera in r. and cornucopia in l.; S and F in field, to l. and r. respectively.
Inscriptions: Obverse: MΛXIMIANVS NOD CAES ([Galerius] Maximian, Noble Caesar). Reverse: GENIO POPV-LI ROMANI (The Genius of the Roman People). In Exergue: ITR
Bibliography: RIC VI 535B
Notes: According to RIC, the ITR in the exergue of the reverse and S F in the field of the reverse are mintmarks (officinae) indicating Treveri.
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