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ID number: BIRBI-R2633 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: 303-305 Metal: Base metal Diameter (cm): 2.85 Weight (g): 8.90 Axis (degrees): 180.00 Provenance: Haines 2917. 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 head towered, standing facing l., holding patera in r. and cornucopia in l.; S and F in field, to l. and r. respectively.
Inscriptions: Obverse: MHXIMIANVS NOBIL C ([Galerius] Maximian, Noble Caesar). Reverse: GENIO POPV-LI ROMHNI (The Genius of the Roman People). In Exergue: PTR
Bibliography: RIC VI 594B
Notes: According to RIC, the PTR in the exergue of the reverse and S F in the field of the reverse are mintmarks (officinae) indicating Treveri.
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