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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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