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ID number: BIRBI-LR0446 Object type: Coin
Institution: The Barber Institute of Fine Arts Named collection: G. Haines Collection Collector: Haines, Geoffrey Maker: Magnus Maximus; Aquileia Denomination: Follis Place made: Europe: Italy, Aquileia Culture: Late Roman Date made: 387-388 Metal: Base metal Diameter (cm): 1.45 Weight (g): 1.63 Axis (degrees): 0.00 Provenance: Haines 2884. Clement Platt, Paris, 1953. |

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Description: Obverse: Bust of Maximus, facing r. draped, cuirassed, diademed. Reverse: camp gate with two towers surmounted by star.
Inscriptions: Obverse: ...□C MΠ XIVVS P P AVC (our lord Magnus Maximus pious fortunate Augustus). Reverse: SPHS RO MH NORVM (hope of the Romans). Mint mark: SMAQS (mint of Aquileia).
Bibliography: RIC IX 55a
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