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Numismatics

ID number:  BIRBI-R2718
Object type:  Coin
Institution:  The Barber Institute of Fine Arts
Named collection:  G. Haines Collection
Collector:  Haines, Geoffrey
Maker:  Maxentius; Constantius; Ostia
Denomination:  Follis
Place made:  Europe: Italy, Rome, Ostia
Culture:  Roman
Date made:  309-312
Metal:  Base metal
Diameter (cm):  2.30
Weight (g):  5.87
Axis (degrees):  0.00
Provenance:  Haines 2148. A. H. Baldwin, 1942.
BIRBI-R2718.jpg

Description:  Obverse: Head of Constantius, wearing veil and beard, facing r. Reverse: Eagle, with wings spread, standing r. with head facing l., on domed hexastyle shrine, r. door ajar.

Inscriptions:  Obverse: INP HAXENTIVS DIVU ᴗᴗɪɪᴗɪΛNIIU ADFINI (Imperator Maxentius, Brother-In-Law of the Divine Constantius). Reverse: HETERNH MHMURIΛ (Eternal Memory). In Exergue: MOSTT

Bibliography:  RIC VI 29

Notes:  According to RIC, the MOSTT in the exergue of the reverse are mintmarks indicating Ostia.

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312
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Constantius I
Roman

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