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ID number: BIRBI-R2507 Object type: Coin
Institution: The Barber Institute of Fine Arts Named collection: G. Haines Collection Collector: Haines, Geoffrey; Oman, Charles Maker: Maximian; Lugdunum Denomination: Antoninianus Place made: Europe: France, Lyons Culture: Roman Date made: 290-294 Metal: Silver and base metal Diameter (cm): 2.25 Weight (g): 3.83 Axis (degrees): 180.00 Provenance: Haines 769. Ex Sir Charles Oman Collection, 1928. |

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Description: Obverse: Head of Maximian, wearing radiate crown and beard, cuirassed, facing r. Reverse: Pax, draped and diademed, standing facing l., holding Victory on globe in r. and transverse sceptre in l.
Inscriptions: Obverse: IMP MHXIMIHNVS HVC (Imperator Maximian Augustus). Reverse: PHX H-V-G-G (Imperial Peace). In Exergue: B
Bibliography: RIC V 399
Notes: Silvered. According to RIC, the B in the exergue of the reverse is a mintmark indicating Lugdunum.
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