- Co 890 (Middle Roman follis of Galerius Caesar from Antioch) [permalink] [show more links]
- Type
- Inventoried Coin
- Not after (date)
- 298
- Not before (date)
- 298
- Comment
- Coin dated ca. AD 298
- Logical part of
- Chicago/Indiana/Vanderbilt Excavations Inventoried Coins
- Typological identification
- Coin
- Comparanda
- RIC VI, Antioch 51b, p. 620
- Preservation comment
- Wear: VF. Very slight pitting in places; faint incipient brown patina.
- Published as
- KenchreaiIII, p. 35, no. 351 (R. Hohlfelder)
- Axis (1-12)
- 12
- Has denomination
- Follis
- Numismatic Authority
- Galerius (Caesar 293-305; Augustus 305-311)
- Numismatic Diameter (mm)
- 26.0
- Numismatic Mint
- Antioch on the Orontes
- Numismatic Weight (g)
- 8.74
- Obverse Description
- Laureate head of emperor to right; within dotted border
- Obverse Inscription
- GAL VAL MAXIMIANVS NOB CAES
- Reverse Description
- Genius standing left holding cornucopia in left arm, patera in right hand; within dotted border
- Reverse Inscription
- GENIO POPV-L-I ROMANI; in left field, ✶ | ✶ ; in right field, crescent | Z ; in exergue, ANT
- Belongs to Historical Period
- Middle Roman (Historical Period)
- Material
- Billon (Material)
- Obverse Photograph
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- Reverse Photograph
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“Co 890 (Middle Roman follis of Galerius Caesar from Antioch).” In Kenchreai Archaeological Archive, edited by J.L. Rife and S. Heath. The American Excavations at Kenchreai, 2013-2024. <http://kenchreai.org/ke/co0890>
