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ID number: BIRBI-R1533 Object type: Coin
Institution: The Barber Institute of Fine Arts Named collection: G. Haines Collection Collector: Haines, Geoffrey Maker: Maximinus Thrax; Rome Denomination: Denarius Place made: Rome Culture: Roman Date made: AD 236-238 Metal: Silver Diameter (cm): 2.05 Weight (g): 2.72 Axis (degrees): 180.00 Provenance: Haines 3609. A. H. Baldwin, 1960. |

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Description: Obverse: Head of Maximinus Thrax, wearing laurel wreath and beard, draped and cuirassed, facing r. Reverse: Providentia, draped, standing facing l., holding wand in r. over globe set on ground and cornucopiae in l.
Inscriptions: Obverse: MAXIMINVS PIVS ANG GEDM (Maximinus Pius Augustus Germanicus). Reverse: PROVIDENTIΛ ΛVG (The Foresight of the Emperor).
Bibliography: RIC IV 20
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