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Numismatics ID number: BIRBI-R2717 Object type: Coin Institution: The Barber Institute of Fine Arts Named collection: G. Haines Collection Collector: Haines, Geoffrey Maker: Maxentius; Ostia Denomination: Follis Place made: Europe: Italy, Rome, Ostia Culture: Roman Date made: 309 Metal: Base metal Diameter (cm): 2.60 Weight (g): 7.07 Axis (degrees): 180.00 Provenance: Haines 2849. Rev. Sydenham Collection Sale, A. H. Baldwin, 1953. |
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Description: Obverse: Head of Maxentius, wearing laurel wreath and beard, facing r. Reverse: Castor and Pollux, naked but wearing dokana and cloaked, standing facing each other, holding sceptres with outer hands and bridled horse with inner hands; wolf and twins in between figures. Inscriptions: Obverse: IMP C MHXENTIVS P F HVC (Imperator Caesar Maxentius Pius Felix Augustus). Reverse: HETE-RNITHS HVC N (To The Immortality of Our Emperor). In Exergue: MOST□ Bibliography: RIC VI 16 Notes: According to RIC, the MOST[A/Δ] in the exergue of the reverse are mintmarks indicating Ostia. |
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| Haines, Geoffrey Colton British 1899 1981-09-14 | |
| Maxentius Roman c.276 312 | |
| Ostia Roman; Italian | |
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