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Numismatics ID number: BIRBI-R2666 Object type: Coin Institution: The Barber Institute of Fine Arts Named collection: G. Haines Collection Collector: Haines, Geoffrey Maker: Galeria Valeria; Galerius; Antioch Denomination: Follis Place made: Eurasia: Antioch Culture: Roman Date made: 308-310 Metal: Base metal Diameter (cm): 2.30 Weight (g): 6.56 Axis (degrees): 0.00 Provenance: Haines 2930. Rev. Sydenham Collection Sale, A. H. Baldwin, 1953. |
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Description: Obverse: Head of Galeria Valeria, wearing diadem, draped, facing r. Reverse: Venus, draped, standing frontally with head facing l., holding apple in r. and raising drapery over l. shoulder; altar in field, to l., and ᴗ H in field, to l. and r. respectively. Inscriptions: Obverse: GHL VAL-ERIH AVG (Galeria Valeria Augusta). Reverse: VENERI V-ICTRICI (Victorius Venus). In Exergue: HNT Bibliography: RIC VI 107 var. Notes: According to RIC, the [A]NT in the exergue of the reverse and ᴗ H in the field of the reverse are mintmarks (officinae) indicating Antioch. As opposed to the type in RIC, this coin has an altar in the field of the reverse, to l., and has a different mint mark (H, rather than A-E) |
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4 Related People | |
| Haines, Geoffrey Colton British 1899 1981-09-14 | |
| Antioch | |
| Galerius Roman 311 | |
| Galeria Valeria Roman 315 | |
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