Follis
Diocletian
Roman Imperial
Aquileia
Roman Empire
305-306
Silvered Bronze
Overall: 1 1/8 in. (28 mm)
Weight: 9.2 g
Hood Museum of Art, Dartmouth: Gift of W. Clark Harrington, Class of 1928
165.24.29833
Geography
Place Made: Italy, Europe
Period
1-500
Object Name
Coin
Research Area
Numismatics: Greek and Roman
Not on view
Inscriptions
Obverse: Laureate bust of Diocletian draped in imperial mantle right, olive branch in right hand, mappa in left; D N DIOCLETIANO FELICISSIMO SEN AVG, left up, right down, inwardly Reverse: Standing draped Providence (left) and Quies (right) facing each other; Quies holding branch in right hand and leaning on staff held in left; PROVIDENTIA DEORVM QVIES AVGG, left up, right down, inwardly; AQP in exergue; S F flanking figures in field
Provenance
William Clark Harrington (1905-2007), Class of 1928; Brookfield, Connecticut; given to present collection, 1965.
Catalogue Raisonne
RIC, Vol. VI: p. 320, no. 64a
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