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Follis with bust of Diocletian

Roman
Imperial Period
about A.D. 296
Mint: Siscia

Medium/Technique Bronze (silvered)
Dimensions Diameter: 29.5 mm. Weight: 10.65 gm. Die Axis: 6
Credit Line Theodora Wilbour Fund in memory of Zoë Wilbour
Accession Number64.223
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ClassificationsNumismaticsCoins

DescriptionObverse: Laureate bust of Diocletian to right.
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Reverse: Genius standing, cornucopia in left hand, patera in right.
In right field: A in exergue: a star and SIS
GENIOPOP VLIROMANI
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