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ID number:  BIRBI-R2690
Object type:  Coin
Institution:  The Barber Institute of Fine Arts
Named collection:  G. Haines Collection
Collector:  Haines, Geoffrey
Maker:  Maximinus Daia; Galerius; Carthage
Denomination:  Follis
Place made:  Carthage
Culture:  Roman
Date made:  305-306
Metal:  Silver and base metal
Diameter (cm):  2.75
Weight (g):  9.85
Axis (degrees):  180.00
Provenance:  Haines 2932. Rev. Sydenham Collection Sale, A. H. Baldwin, 1953.
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Description:  Obverse: Head of Maximinus, wearing laurel wreath and beard, facing r. Reverse: Carthage, in long robe, standing frontally with head facing l., holding fruits in both hands; I in field, to l.

Inscriptions:  Obverse: CAL VAL MHXIMINVS NOB CHES (Galerius Valerius Maximinus, Noble Caesar). Reverse: SHLVIS HVCG ET GHESS FEL KHRT (With the Emperors and Caesars being safe, fortunate Carthage is strengthened). In Exergue: Δ

Bibliography:  RIC VI 40B

Notes:  According to RIC, the Δ in the exergue of the reverse and I in the field of the reverse are mintmarks indicating Carthage.

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Haines, Geoffrey Colton
British
1899
1981-09-14
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