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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.
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