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ID number: BIRBI-R2651 Object type: Coin
Institution: The Barber Institute of Fine Arts Named collection: G. Haines Collection Collector: Haines, Geoffrey Maker: Galerius; Kyzikos Denomination: Follis Place made: Eurasia: Mysia, Kyzikos Culture: Roman Date made: 309-310 Metal: Base metal Diameter (cm): 2.50 Weight (g): 6.28 Axis (degrees): 180.00 Provenance: Haines 2923. 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: Genius, naked but cloaked, wearing modius, standing facing l., pouring liquor from patera in r. and cornucopia in l.; B * in field, to l. and r.
Inscriptions: Obverse: CHL MHXIMIHNVS P F HVC (Galerius Maximian Pius Felix Augustus). Reverse: CENIO H-VGVSTI (The Genius of the Emperor). In Exergue: MKV
Bibliography: RIC VI 53
Notes: According to RIC, the MKV in the exergue of the reverse and the B * in the field of the reverse are mintmarks (officina) indicating Kyzkios.
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