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ID number: BIRBI-R2646 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: 302-303 Metal: Silver and base metal Diameter (cm): 2.90 Weight (g): 9.72 Axis (degrees): 0.00 Provenance: Haines 2919. 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.; * in field, to r.
Inscriptions: Obverse: MHXIMIHNVS NOB CHES (Maximian [Galerius], Noble Caesar). Reverse: SHCRH MON VRB HIICC ET CHLSS NN (The Sacred Money of the City of Our Two Emperor and Two Caesars). In Exergue: RQ
Bibliography: RIC VI 104B
Notes: Silvered. According to RIC, the RQ in the exergue of the reverse and the * in the field of the reverse are mintmarks (officina) indicating Rome.
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