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Numismatics ID number: BIRBI-R2720 Object type: Coin Institution: The Barber Institute of Fine Arts Named collection: G. Haines Collection Collector: Haines, Geoffrey Maker: Maxentius; Ostia Denomination: Follis Place made: Europe: Italy, Rome, Ostia Culture: Roman Date made: AD 309-312 Metal: Base metal Diameter (cm): 2.55 Weight (g): 6.75 Axis (degrees): 45.00 Provenance: Haines 299. W. S. Lincoln, 1920. |
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Description: Obverse: Head of Maxentius, wearing laurel wreath and beard, facing r. Reverse: Castor and Pollux, naked but wearing dokana and cloaked, standing facing each other, holding sceptres with outer hands and bridled horse with inner hands. Inscriptions: Obverse: IMP C MHXENTIVS P F HVG (Imperator Caesar Maxentius Pius Felix Augustus). Reverse: HETE-RNITHS HVG N (To The Immortality of Our Emperor). In Exergue: MOSTQ Bibliography: RIC VI 35 Notes: According to RIC, the MOSTQ in the exergue of the reverse are mintmarks indicating Ostia. |
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3 Related People | |
| Haines, Geoffrey Colton British 1899 1981-09-14 | |
| Ostia Roman; Italian | |
| Maxentius Roman c.276 312 | |
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