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ID number:  BIRBI-R2722
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:  AD 309-312
Metal:  Base metal
Diameter (cm):  2.50
Weight (g):  5.58
Axis (degrees):  0.00
Provenance:  Haines 3992. A. H. Baldwin, 1963.
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Description:  Obverse: Head of Maxentius, wearing laurel wreath and beard, facing r. Reverse: Fides, draped, standing facing l., holding a standard in each hand.

Inscriptions:  Obverse: IMP C HHXENTIVS P F HVC (Imperator Caesar Maxentius Pius Felix Augustus). Reverse: FIDES HI-L-I-TVV AVG N (Loyalty to the Soldiers of Our Emperor). In Exergue: …OSTT

Bibliography:  RIC VI 45

Notes:  According to RIC, the [M]OSTQ in the exergue of the reverse are mintmarks indicating Ostia.

3 Related People

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Haines, Geoffrey Colton
British
1899
1981-09-14
Ostia
Roman; Italian


Maxentius
Roman
c.276
312
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