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