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ID number:  BIRBI-R2564
Object type:  Coin
Institution:  The Barber Institute of Fine Arts
Named collection:  G. Haines Collection
Collector:  Haines, Geoffrey
Maker:  Maximian; Londinium
Denomination:  Follis
Place made:  Europe: United Kingdom, London
Culture:  Roman
Date made:  307
Metal:  Base metal
Diameter (cm):  2.55
Weight (g):  7.22
Axis (degrees):  225.00
Provenance:  Haines 628. In Paris, 1929.
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Description:  Obverse: Head of Maximian, wearing laurel wreath and beard, cuirassed, facing r. Reverse: Hercules, naked, standing frontally with head facing l., holding club in r. and lion-skin and bow in l.

Inscriptions:  Obverse: D N MHXIMIΠNO P F S ΛVC (Our Lord Maximian Pius Felix, Senior Augustus). Reverse: HERCVLI CONSERVΛTↃRI (Hercules, the Protector). In Exergue: PLN

Bibliography:  RIC VI 91

Notes:  According to RIC, the PLN in the exergue on the reverse are mintmarks indicating Londinium.

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Haines, Geoffrey Colton
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1899
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