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ID number: BIRBI-R1537 Object type: Coin
Institution: The Barber Institute of Fine Arts Named collection: G. Haines Collection Collector: Haines, Geoffrey Maker: Maximinus Thrax; Rome Denomination: Dupondius Place made: Rome Culture: Roman Date made: AD 235-236 Metal: Base metal Diameter (cm): 2.60 Weight (g): 13.84 Axis (degrees): 45.00 Provenance: Haines 3510. Presented by G. Fallani, 58A Via dei Babuino, Rome, 1959. |

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Description: Obverse: Head of Maximinus Thrax, wearing laurel wreath and short-beard, draped and cuirassed, facing r. Reverse: Victory, winged, draped, advancing facing r., holding wreath in extended r. and palm in l.
Inscriptions: Obverse: IMD MAXIMINVS PIΓS AVG (Imperator Maximinus Pius Augustus). Reverse: VICTO-RI-A AVG S C (Imperial Victory; S C - Translation Disputed).
Bibliography: RIC IV 68
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