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ID number:  BIRBI-R2581
Object type:  Coin
Institution:  The Barber Institute of Fine Arts
Named collection:  G. Haines Collection
Collector:  Haines, Geoffrey
Maker:  Maximian; Carthage
Denomination:  Follis
Place made:  Carthage
Culture:  Roman
Date made:  305-306
Metal:  Base metal
Diameter (cm):  2.90
Weight (g):  9.01
Axis (degrees):  180.00
Provenance:  Haines 2843. Rev. Sydenham Collection Sale, A. H. Baldwin, 1953.
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Description:  Obverse: Head of Maximian, wearing laurel wreath and beard, facing r. Reverse: Carthago, in long robe, standing frontally with head, holding fruits in both hands; I in field, to l.

Inscriptions:  Obverse: IMP MHXIMIHNVS P F ΠVC (Imperator Maximian Pius Felix Augustus). Reverse: SALIIIS HIICC ET CHESS FEL KHHT (With the Emperors and Caesars being safe, fortunate Carthage is strengthened). In Exergue: B

Bibliography:  RIC VI 39B

Notes:  According to RIC, the B in the exergue on the reverse and I in the field of the reverse are mintmarks (officina) indicating Carthage.

3 Related People

Carthage
Roman;Byzantine


Maximian
Roman

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Haines, Geoffrey Colton
British
1899
1981-09-14
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