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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.
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