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ID number: BIRBI-R2652 Object type: Coin
Institution: The Barber Institute of Fine Arts Named collection: G. Haines Collection Collector: Haines, Geoffrey; Oman, Charles Maker: Galerius; Diocletian; Antioch Denomination: Follis Place made: Eurasia: Antioch Culture: Roman Date made: 300-301 Metal: Base metal Diameter (cm): 2.60 Weight (g): 9.82 Axis (degrees): 0.00 Provenance: Haines 482. Ex Sir Charles Oman Collection, 1949. |
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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.; K V Z in field, to l., to bottom r. and mid r. respectively.
Inscriptions: Obverse: GHL VHL MAXIMIHNVS NOB CHES (Galerius Valerius Maximian, Noble Caesar). Reverse: GENIO POPV-LI ROMANI (The Genius of the Roman People). In Exergue: ANT
Bibliography: RIC VI 55B
Notes: According to RIC, the ANT in the exergue of the reverse and the K V Z (anti-clockwise) in the field of the reverse are mintmarks (officinae) indicating Antioch.
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