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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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