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ID number: BIRBI-R2645 Object type: Coin
Institution: The Barber Institute of Fine Arts Named collection: G. Haines Collection Collector: Haines, Geoffrey Maker: Galerius; Diocletian; Rome Denomination: Follis Place made: Europe: Italy, Rome Culture: Roman Date made: 300-301 Metal: Base metal Diameter (cm): 2.75 Weight (g): 9.38 Axis (degrees): 135.00 Provenance: Haines 2920. 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: Moneta, draped, standing facing l., holding scales in r. and cornucopia in l.
Inscriptions: Obverse: MHXIMIHNVS NOB CAES (Maximian [Galerius], Noble Caesar). Reverse: SHCRH MↃN VRB AVC…T COESS NN (The Sacred Money of the City of Our Two Emperor and Two Caesars). In Exergue: Q[thunderbolt]
Bibliography: RIC VI 102B
Notes: According to RIC, the Q[thunderbolt] in the exergue of the reverse are mintmarks indicating Rome.
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