Follis
Diocletian
Roman Imperial
Alexandria
Roman Empire
301
Silvered Bronze
Diameter: 27.1 mm
Weight: 8.89 g
Hood Museum of Art, Dartmouth: Bequest of Emily Howe Hitchcock, Class of 1872HW
12.8.29174
Geography
Place Made: Egypt, Northern Africa, Africa
Period
1-500
Object Name
Coin
Research Area
Numismatics: Greek and Roman
Not on view
Inscriptions
Obverse: Laureate head of Diocletian right; IMP C DIOCLETIANVS P F AVG, left up, right down, inwardly Reverse: Nude frontal Genius standing left, modius on head, patera in extended right hand, cornucopia in crook of left arm; GENIO POPVLI ROMANI, left up, right down, inwardly; ALE in exergue; XX horizontally in field to left of Genius, Delta I vertically to right
Provenance
Collected by Hiram Hitchcock (1832-1900, Class of 1872H), Hanover, New Hampshire, date unknown; bequeathed to his second wife, Emily Howe Hitchcock (1852-1912), Hanover, New Hampshire, 1900; bequeathed to present collection, 1912.
Catalogue Raisonne
RIC, Vol. VI: p. 665, no. 32a, pl. 16/32a; Terrace 1958: pp. 34-35, no. 38
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