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ID number: BIRBI-R2671 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: Severus II; Constantius; Aquileia Denomination: Follis Place made: Europe: Italy, Aquileia Culture: Roman Date made: 305-306 Metal: Base metal Diameter (cm): 2.80 Weight (g): 8.94 Axis (degrees): 0.00 Provenance: Haines 340. Presented by Earle Fox Bequest, 1921 - from a hoard found in Crete. |

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Description: Obverse: Head of Severus, wearing laurel wreath and beard, facing r. Reverse: Mars, naked but cloaked and helmeted, walking facing r., holding spear in r. and trophy in l.
Inscriptions: Obverse: SEVERVS NOB CAES (Severus, Noble Caesar). Reverse: VIRTVS AV-GG ET CHESS NN (The Courage of Our Two Emperors and Two Caesars). In Exergue: AQΓ
Bibliography: RIC VI 70A
Notes: According to RIC, the AQΓ in the exergue of the reverse are mintmarks indicating Aquileia.
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