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Numismatics

ID number:  BIRBI-R2649
Object type:  Coin
Institution:  The Barber Institute of Fine Arts
Named collection:  G. Haines Collection
Collector:  Haines, Geoffrey
Maker:  Galerius; Diocletian; Kyzikos
Denomination:  Radiate Fractional Follis
Place made:  Eurasia: Mysia, Kyzikos
Culture:  Roman
Date made:  295-299
Metal:  Base metal
Diameter (cm):  2.15
Weight (g):  3.81
Axis (degrees):  180.00
Provenance:  Haines 3719. Ex Sydenham Collection, A. H. Baldwin, 1961.
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Description:  Obverse: Head of Galerius, wearing radiate crown and beard, draped and cuirassed, facing r. Reverse: Prince, in military attire, standing facing r., receiving Victory on globe in r. from Jupiter, naked but cloaked, standing facing l., leaning on sceptre with l.; KA in field, between figures.

Inscriptions:  Obverse: CHL VHL MHXIVINNVS NOB CHES (Galerius Valerius Maximian, Noble Caesar). Reverse: ᴗUNCORDIN HI-LITVM (The Harmony of the Soldiers).

Bibliography:  RIC VI 19B

Notes:  According to RIC, the KA in the field of the reverse are mintmarks indicating Kyzkios.

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