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ID number: BIRBI-LR0444 Object type: Coin
Institution: The Barber Institute of Fine Arts Named collection: G. Haines Collection Collector: Haines, Geoffrey Maker: Magnus Maximus; Mediolanum Denomination: Siliqua Place made: Europe: Italy, Lombardy, Milan Culture: Late Roman Date made: 387-388 Metal: Silver Diameter (cm): 1.65 Weight (g): 1.62 Axis (degrees): 135.00 Provenance: Haines 1261. W. S. Lincoln, 1930. |

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Description: Obverse: Bust of Maximus, facing r. draped, cuirassed, diademed. Reverse: Roma, enthroned, with orb in r. hand and spear in l. hand.
Inscriptions: Obverse: D N MAC MII XIMVS P F ΛVG (our lord Magnus Maximus pious fortunate Augustus). Reverse: VIRTVS RO MΛNORVM (virtue of the Romans). Mint mark: MDPS (mint of Mediolanum).
Bibliography: RIC IX 19a
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