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Numismatics
ID number: BIRBI-R2712 Object type: Coin
Institution: The Barber Institute of Fine Arts Named collection: G. Haines Collection Collector: Haines, Geoffrey Maker: Maxentius; Ticinum Denomination: Follis Place made: Europe: Italy, Lombardy, Pavia Culture: Roman Date made: 307-308 Metal: Base metal Diameter (cm): 2.60 Weight (g): 5.38 Axis (degrees): 135.00 Provenance: Haines 2848. Rev. Sydenham Collection Sale, A. H. Baldwin, 1953. |
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Description: Obverse: Head of Maxentius, wearing laurel wreath and beard, facing r. Reverse: Roma, draped and helmeted, seated frontally with head facing l., holding globe in r. and sceptre in l., in hexastyle temple with knobs as acroteria and empty pediment.
Inscriptions: Obverse: MΠXENTIVS P F HVC (Maxentius Pius Felix Augustus). Reverse: CONSERV VRB SVAE (Defender of the City). In Exergue: ST
Bibliography: RIC VI 91
Notes: According to RIC, the ST in the exergue of the reverse are mintmarks indicating Ticinum.
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