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ID number:  BIRBI-R2568
Object type:  Coin
Institution:  The Barber Institute of Fine Arts
Named collection:  G. Haines Collection
Collector:  Haines, Geoffrey
Maker:  Maximian; Lugdunum
Denomination:  Follis
Place made:  Europe: France, Lyons
Culture:  Roman
Date made:  301-303
Metal:  Base metal
Diameter (cm):  2.95
Weight (g):  10.11
Axis (degrees):  0.00
Provenance:  Haines 1819. Presented by Mr C. C. Oman, 1949.
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Description:  Obverse: Head of Maximian, wearing laurel wreath and beard, cuirassed and holding sceptre in r., facing l. Reverse: Genius, naked but cloaked and wearing modius, standing facing l., holding patera in r. over altar to l. and cornucopia in l.; A in field, to r.

Inscriptions:  Obverse: IMP MAXIMIHNVS HVC (Imperator Maximian Augustus). Reverse: CENIO POP-VLI ROMHNI (The Genius of the Roman People). In Exergue: PLC

Bibliography:  RIC VI 115B

Notes:  According to RIC, the PLC in the exergue on the reverse and the A in the field on the reverse are mintmarks (officina) indicating Lugdunum.

3 Related People

Lugdunum
Roman


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Haines, Geoffrey Colton
British
1899
1981-09-14
Maximian
Roman

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