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ID number: BIRBI-R2673 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; Aquileia Denomination: Follis Place made: Europe: Italy, Aquileia Culture: Roman Date made: 306-307 Metal: Base metal Diameter (cm): 2.85 Weight (g): 9.48 Axis (degrees): 180.00 Provenance: Haines 341. Presented by Earle Fox Bequest, 1921 - found in hoard in Crete. |

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Description: Obverse: Head of Severus, wearing laurel wreath and beard, facing r. Reverse: Prince, in military attire, galloping r. on horse, holding shield in l. and spearing with r. kneeling foe; second for prostrate on ground.
Inscriptions: Obverse: IMP C SEVERVS P F HVC (Imperator Caesar Severus Pius Felix Augustus). Reverse: V...ɪTVS AV-GG ET CHESS NN (The Courage of Our Two Emperors and Two Caesars). In Exergue: HQS
Bibliography: RIC VI 80B
Notes: According to RIC, the [A]QS in the exergue of the reverse are mintmarks indicating Aquileia.
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