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ID number: BIRBI-R2634 Object type: Coin
Institution: The Barber Institute of Fine Arts Named collection: G. Haines Collection Collector: Haines, Geoffrey Maker: Galerius; Treveri Denomination: Follis Place made: Europe: Germany, Rhineland-Palatinate, Trier Culture: Roman Date made: 305-307 Metal: Base metal Diameter (cm): 2.85 Weight (g): 10.93 Axis (degrees): 0.00 Provenance: Haines 1568. W. S. Lincoln, 1932. |

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Description: Obverse: Head of Galerius, wearing laurel wreath and beard, cuirassed, facing r. Reverse: Genius, naked but cloaked, covering l. arm and loins, 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: IMP MHXIMIANVS P F AVC (Imperator [Galerius] Maximian Pius Felix Augustus). Reverse: CENIO POPV-LI ROMHNI (The Genius of the Roman People). In Exergue: PTR
Bibliography: RIC VI 652B
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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