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Numismatics ID number: BIRBI-R2677 Object type: Coin Institution: The Barber Institute of Fine Arts Named collection: G. Haines Collection Collector: Haines, Geoffrey; Crete Hoard Maker: Severus II; Serdica Denomination: Follis Place made: Europe: Bulgaria, Sofia Culture: Roman Date made: 305-306 Metal: Base metal Diameter (cm): 2.90 Weight (g): 7.55 Axis (degrees): 0.00 Provenance: Haines 347. Presented by Earle Fox Bequest, 1921 - found in hoard in Crete. |
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Description: Obverse: Head of Severus, 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.; A in field, to r. Inscriptions: Obverse: FL VHL SEVERVS NOB CHESHR (Flavius Valerius Severus, Noble Caesar). Reverse: CHNIO POPV-I ROMHNI (The Genius of the Roman People). In Exergue: •SM•SD• Bibliography: RIC VI 13A Notes: According to RIC, the •SM•SD• in the exergue of the reverse and A in the field of the reverse are mintmarks (officina) indicating Serdica. |
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| Crete Hoard | |
| Serdica Roman; Byzantine; Bulgarian | |
| Haines, Geoffrey Colton British 1899 1981-09-14 | |
| Severus II Roman 307 | |
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