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ID number: BIRBI-R2832 Object type: Coin
Institution: The Barber Institute of Fine Arts Named collection: G. Haines Collection Collector: Haines, Geoffrey Maker: Licinius I; Treveri Denomination: Follis Place made: Europe: Germany, Rhineland-Palatinate, Trier Culture: Roman Date made: 316 Metal: Base metal Diameter (cm): 2.05 Weight (g): 2.68 Axis (degrees): 180.00 Provenance: Haines 1593. W. S. Lincoln, 1932. |

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Description: Obverse: Head of Licinius I, wearing laurel wreath and beard, cuirassed, facing r. Reverse: Genius, naked but cloaked, covering l. shoulder and loins, with head turreted, standing facing l., holding patera in r. and cornucopia in l.; T F in field, to l. and r. respectively.
Inscriptions: Obverse: IMP LICINIVS P F HVC (Imperator Licinius Pius Felix Augustus). Reverse: GENIO POP HOM (To the Genius of the Roman People). In Exergue: ATR
Bibliography: RIC VII 121
Notes: According to RIC, the ATR in the exergue of the reverse and T F in the field of the reverse are mintmarks (officinae) indicating Treveri.
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