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ID number: BIRBI-R2641 Object type: Coin
Institution: The Barber Institute of Fine Arts Named collection: G. Haines Collection Collector: Haines, Geoffrey Maker: Galerius; Diocletian; Aquileia Denomination: Follis Place made: Europe: Italy, Aquileia Culture: Roman Date made: 300 Metal: Silver and base metal Diameter (cm): 2.75 Weight (g): 8.88 Axis (degrees): 225.00 Provenance: Haines 3675. A. H. Baldwin, 1961. |
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Description: Obverse: Head of Galerius, wearing laurel wreath and beard, facing r. Reverse: Moneta, draped, standing facing l., holding scales in r. and cornucopia in l.
Inscriptions: Obverse: MHXIMIHNVS NOB CHES (Maximian [Galerius], Noble Caesar). Reverse: SHCRH MONET AVCC ET CAESS NOSTR (The Sacred Money of Our Two Emperor and Two Caesars). In Exergue: AQΓ
Bibliography: RIC VI 30B
Notes: Traces of silvering. According to RIC, the AQΓ in the exergue of the reverse are mintmarks indicating Aquileia.
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