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ID number: BIRBI-R2638 Object type: Coin
Institution: The Barber Institute of Fine Arts Named collection: G. Haines Collection Collector: Haines, Geoffrey Maker: Galerius; Diocletian; Ticinum Denomination: Follis Place made: Europe: Italy, Lombardy, Pavia Culture: Roman Date made: 298-299 Metal: Base metal Diameter (cm): 2.80 Weight (g): 9.73 Axis (degrees): 180.00 Provenance: Haines 2841. Rev. Sydenham Collection Sale, A. H. Baldwin, 1953. |
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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.; * in field, to l.
Inscriptions: Obverse: MAXIMIHNVS NOB CAES (Maximian [Galerius], Noble Caesar). Reverse: CENIO POPV-LI ROMANI (The Genius of the Roman People). In Exergue: PT•
Bibliography: RIC VI 35B
Notes: According to RIC, the PT• in the exergue of the reverse and * in the field of the reverse are mintmarks (officina) indicating Ticinum.
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