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Numismatics ID number: BIRBI-R2588 Object type: Coin Institution: The Barber Institute of Fine Arts Named collection: G. Haines Collection Collector: Haines, Geoffrey; Earle Fox, H. B.; Crete Hoard Maker: Maximian; Kyzikos Denomination: Follis Place made: Eurasia: Mysia, Kyzikos Culture: Roman Date made: 307 Metal: Silver and base metal Diameter (cm): 2.80 Weight (g): 10.93 Axis (degrees): 180.00 Provenance: Haines 335. Presented by Earle Fox Bequest, from a hoard found in Crete, 1921. |
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Description: Obverse: Head of Maximian, wearing laurel wreath and beard, wearing imperial mantle and holding olive-branch in r. and mappa in l., facing r. Reverse: Providentia, draped, standing facing r., extending r. to Quies, draped, standing facing l., holding branch in r. and leaning on sceptre with l.; S and F in field, on either side of figures, and * in field, in between figures. Inscriptions: Obverse: D N MHXIHIHNO FELICISSMO SEN AVC (Our Lord Maximian, Most Fortunate, Senior Augustus). Reverse: PROVIDENTIH DEORVM QVIES HVCC (The Foresight of the Gods, Retirement of the Emperors). In Exergue: KΔ Bibliography: RIC VI 29B Notes: According to RIC, the KΔ in the exergue on the reverse and S * F in field on the reverse are mintmarks (officinae) indicating Kyzikos. |
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| Crete Hoard | |
| Haines, Geoffrey Colton British 1899 1981-09-14 | |
| Maximian Roman 310 | |
| Kyzikos Roman; Byzantine | |
| Earle Fox, H. B. British 1863 21 March 1920 | |
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