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ID number:  BIRBI-R2579
Object type:  Coin
Institution:  The Barber Institute of Fine Arts
Named collection:  G. Haines Collection
Collector:  Haines, Geoffrey
Maker:  Maximian; Rome
Denomination:  Follis Fraction
Place made:  Europe: Italy, Rome
Culture:  Roman
Date made:  297-298
Metal:  Base metal
Diameter (cm):  2.20
Weight (g):  2.34
Axis (degrees):  135.00
Provenance:  Haines 1567. W. S. Lincoln, 1932.
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Description:  Obverse: Head of Maximian, wearing radiate crown and beard, draped and cuirassed, facing r. Reverse: Inscription in two lines within wreath.

Inscriptions:  Obverse: IMP C M A MAXIMIANVS P F HVG (Imperator Caesar Marcus Aurelius Maximian Pius Felix Augustus). Reverse: VOT XX (Prayers for Twenty Years of Rule).

Bibliography:  RIC VI 76B var.

Notes:  As opposed to the RIC type, this coin has no mintmark on the reverse.

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Haines, Geoffrey Colton
British
1899
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