Numismatics
ID number: BIRBI-R2517 Object type: Coin
Institution: The Barber Institute of Fine Arts Named collection: G. Haines Collection Collector: Haines, Geoffrey Maker: Maximian; Kyzikos Denomination: Antoninianus Place made: Eurasia: Mysia, Kyzikos Culture: Roman Date made: 293 Metal: Billon Diameter (cm): 2.20 Weight (g): 5.17 Axis (degrees): 180.00 Provenance: Haines 1820. J. H. Daniels, 12 Buxton Road, Brighton, Sussex, 1934. |
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Description: Obverse: Head of Maximian, wearing radiate crown and beard, draped and cuirassed, facing r. Reverse: Emperor, in military attire, standing facing r., holding parazonium in l. and receiving Victory on globe in r. from Jupiter, standing facing l., holding sceptre in l.; B in field, between figures.
Inscriptions: Obverse: IMP C M H MHXIMIHNVS HVG (Imperator Caesar Marcus Aurelius Maximian Augustus). Reverse: CONCORDIH MI-LITVM• (Harmony of the Soldiers). In Exergue: XXI•
Bibliography: RIC V 607 var.
Notes: According to RIC, the XXI• in the exergue of the reverse and B in the field of the reverse are mintmarks indicating Kyzikos. As opposed to RIC, this coin type have a variant legend on the obverse (VAL does not occur), the bust is cuirassed as well as draped, and the mintmark ends with a •.
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