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ID number:  BIRBI-LR0440
Object type:  Coin
Institution:  The Barber Institute of Fine Arts
Named collection:  G. Haines Collection
Collector:  Haines, Geoffrey
Maker:  Magnus Maximus; Lugdunum
Denomination:  Follis
Place made:  Europe: France, Lyons
Culture:  Late Roman
Date made:  383-388
Metal:  Base metal
Diameter (cm):  2.30
Weight (g):  4.76
Axis (degrees):  180.00
Provenance:  Haines 193. W. S. Lincoln, 1915.
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Description:  Obverse: Bust of Maximus, facing r. draped, cuirassed, diademed. Reverse: Emperor, cuirassed, with crowning Victory on orb in l. hand raising kneeling crowned figure.

Inscriptions:  Obverse: O N MΛC MAXI MVS P A ΛVC (our lord Magnus Maximus pious fortunate Augustus). Reverse: AEPAHH·IO REIPVB (re-establishment of the Republic). Mint mark: LVCΠ (mint of Lugdunum).

Bibliography:  RIC IX 32

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Magnus Maximus
Roman
c.335
388
Lugdunum
Roman


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Haines, Geoffrey Colton
British
1899
1981-09-14
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