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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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