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ID number: BIRBI-R2654 Object type: Coin
Institution: The Barber Institute of Fine Arts Named collection: G. Haines Collection Collector: Haines, Geoffrey Maker: Galerius; Diocletian; Alexandria Denomination: Radiate Fractional Follis Place made: Africa: Egypt, Lower Egypt, Alexandria Culture: Roman Date made: 296-297 Metal: Base metal Diameter (cm): 2.05 Weight (g): 2.36 Axis (degrees): 180.00 Provenance: Haines 1587. W. S. Lincoln, 1932. |
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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.; Δ in field, between figures.
Inscriptions: Obverse: CHL VHL NHXIHIHNVS NOB CHES (Galerius Valerius Maximian, Noble Caesar). Reverse: CONCORDIA MIL-ITVW (The Harmony of the Soldiers). In Exergue: ΛLC
Bibliography: RIC VI 48B
Notes: According to RIC, the [A]L[E] in the exergue of the reverse and the Δ in the field of the reverse are mintmarks (officina) indicating Alexandria.
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