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ID number:  BIRBI-LR0442
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):  1.50
Weight (g):  1.72
Axis (degrees):  180.00
Provenance:  Haines 2885. Clement Platt, Paris, 1953.
BIRBI-LR0442.jpg

Description:  Obverse: Bust of Maximus, facing r. draped, cuirassed, diademed. Reverse: Victory with laurel wreath in r. hand and palm in l. hand.

Inscriptions:  Obverse: …AG… (our lord Magnus Maximus pious fortunate Augustus). Reverse: VICTOH…VOG (Victory of the Augusti). Mint mark: LVCS (mint of Lugdunum).

Bibliography:  RIC IX 34

3 Related People

Magnus Maximus
Roman
c.335
388
Lugdunum
Roman


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Haines, Geoffrey Colton
British
1899
1981-09-14
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