Follis
Diocletian
Roman Imperial
Siscia
Illyricum
Yugoslavia
Roman Empire
300
Silvered Bronze
Weight: 9.06 g
Diameter: 1 1/8 in. (28.1 mm)
Hood Museum of Art, Dartmouth: Gift of W. Clark Harrington, Class of 1928
165.24.29834
Geography
Place Made: Yugoslavia, Europe
Period
1-500
Object Name
Coin
Research Area
Numismatics: Greek and Roman
Not on view
Inscriptions
Obverse: Laureate head of Diocletean right; IMP DIOCLETIANVS P F AVG, left up, right down, inwardly Reverse: Draped frontal Moneta standing left, scales in right hand, cornucopia in crook of left arm; SACRA MONET AVGG ET CAESS NOSTRA, left up, right down, inwardly; SIS B in exergue
Provenance
William Clark Harrington (1905-2007), Class of 1928; Brookfield, Connecticut; given to present collection, 1965.
Catalogue Raisonne
RIC, Vol. VI: p. 469 no.131a
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