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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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