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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.
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