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Numismatics ID number: BIRBI-R2700 Object type: Coin Institution: The Barber Institute of Fine Arts Named collection: G. Haines Collection Collector: Haines, Geoffrey Maker: Maximinus Daia; Galerius; Alexandria Denomination: Follis Place made: Africa: Egypt, Lower Egypt, Alexandria Culture: Roman Date made: 308-310 Metal: Base metal Diameter (cm): 2.40 Weight (g): 7.08 Axis (degrees): 0.00 Provenance: Haines 1589. W. S. Lincoln, 1932. |
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Description: Obverse: Head of Maximinus, wearing laurel wreath, with parallel ties and pointed-rounded truncation (β-γ), and beard, facing r. Reverse: Genius, naked but cloaked, wearing modius, standing facing l., pouring from patera in r. and holding cornucopia in l.; K P E in field, to bottom l., bottom r. and mid r. respectively. Inscriptions: Obverse: CHL VAL MAXIMINVS NOB CHES (Galerius Valerius Maximinus, Noble Caesar). Reverse: CENIO CA-ESARIS (The Genius of the Caesar). In Exergue: CLE Bibliography: RIC VI 100A Notes: According to RIC, the [A]LE in the exergue of the reverse and K P E (anticlockwise) in the field of the reverse are mintmarks (officinae) indicating Alexandria. The laurel ties on the obverse bust appear to be both rounded and pointed. |
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4 Related People | |
| Haines, Geoffrey Colton British 1899 1981-09-14 | |
| Maximinus Daia Roman c.270 313 | |
| Galerius Roman 311 | |
| Alexandria | |
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