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ID number: BIRBI-R2726 Object type: Coin
Institution: The Barber Institute of Fine Arts Named collection: G. Haines Collection Collector: Haines, Geoffrey Maker: Maxentius; Ostia Denomination: Half-follis Place made: Europe: Italy, Rome, Ostia Culture: Roman Date made: AD 309-312 Metal: Base metal Diameter (cm): 2.25 Weight (g): 3.81 Axis (degrees): 180.00 Provenance: Haines 997. W. S. Lincoln, 1928. |

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Description: Obverse: Head of Maxentius, wearing laureate helmet and beard, cuirassed, holding spear in r. and shield in l., facing l. Reverse: Victory, draped and winged, standing facing r., foot on base of cippus supporting shield which she inscribes with VOT XX FEL; seated captive at feet, to l.
Inscriptions: Obverse: NHXENII-VS P F IVC (Maxentius Pius Felix Augustus). Reverse: IIICTORIH H-ETERNH HVC N (To The Eternal Victory of Our Emperor). In Exergue: HOSTP
Bibliography: RIC VI 64
Notes: According to RIC, the [M]OSTP in the exergue of the reverse are mintmarks indicating Ostia.
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