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ID number:  BIRBI-R2667
Object type:  Coin
Institution:  The Barber Institute of Fine Arts
Named collection:  G. Haines Collection
Collector:  Haines, Geoffrey
Maker:  Galeria Valeria; Galerius; Alexandria
Denomination:  Follis
Place made:  Africa: Egypt, Lower Egypt, Alexandria
Culture:  Roman
Date made:  308-310
Metal:  Base metal
Diameter (cm):  2.45
Weight (g):  6.68
Axis (degrees):  135.00
Provenance:  Haines 42. W. S. Lincoln, 1920.
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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; K P Γ in field, to l., to bottom r. and mid r. respectively.

Inscriptions:  Obverse: CHL VHL-ERIH AVG (Galeria Valeria Augusta). Reverse: VENERI V-ICTRICI (Victorius Venus). In Exergue: ALE

Bibliography:  RIC VI 110

Notes:  According to RIC, the ALE in the exergue of the reverse and K P Γ (anticlockwise) in the field of the reverse are mintmarks (officinae) indicating Alexandria.

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