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Follis with bust of Diocletian
Roman
Imperial Period
about A.D. 301
Mint: Aquileia
Medium/Technique
Bronze (silvered)
Dimensions
Diameter: 27 mm. Weight: 10.27 gm. Die Axis: 6
Credit Line
Theodora Wilbour Fund in memory of Zoë Wilbour
Accession Number64.214
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CollectionsAncient Greece and Rome
ClassificationsNumismatics – Coins
DescriptionObverse: Laureate bust of Diocletian to right.
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Reverse: Moneta standing, holding scales in right hand and cornucopia in left.
In right field: V in exergue: AQP
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Reverse: Moneta standing, holding scales in right hand and cornucopia in left.
In right field: V in exergue: AQP
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ProvenanceBy 1963: from a hoard of Tetrarch coins with Patriciades in Athens, Greece (said to have been found near Salonika); 64.175-64.276 were purchased in 1963 from Patriciades by Cornelius C. Vermeule III on behalf of MFA with funds approved in advance by the Trustees; accessioned by MFA, March 11, 1964