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Numismatics

ID number:  BIRBI-R2511
Object type:  Coin
Institution:  The Barber Institute of Fine Arts
Named collection:  G. Haines Collection
Collector:  Haines, Geoffrey
Maker:  Maximian; Lugdunum
Denomination:  Antoninianus
Place made:  Europe: France, Lyons
Culture:  Roman
Date made:  289
Metal:  Billon
Diameter (cm):  2.45
Weight (g):  4.87
Axis (degrees):  0.00
Provenance:  Haines 994. W. S. Lincoln, 1928.
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Description:  Obverse: Head of Maximian, wearing radiate crown and beard, cuirassed, facing r. Reverse: Hercules, naked, standing facing r., strangling lion; club thrown behind him, to l.

Inscriptions:  Obverse: IMP C MHXIMIHNVS P F HVG (Imperator Caesar Maximian Pius Felix Augustus). Reverse: V-IRTVTI HVGG (To the Courage of the Two Emperors).

Bibliography:  RIC V 454

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Haines, Geoffrey Colton
British
1899
1981-09-14
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