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Numismatics

ID number:  BIRBI-R2514
Object type:  Coin
Institution:  The Barber Institute of Fine Arts
Named collection:  G. Haines Collection
Collector:  Haines, Geoffrey
Maker:  Maximian; Rome
Denomination:  Antoninianus
Place made:  Europe: Italy, Rome
Culture:  Roman
Date made:  291
Metal:  Base metal
Diameter (cm):  2.50
Weight (g):  3.64
Axis (degrees):  0.00
Provenance:  Haines 1329. W. S. Lincoln, 1931.
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Description:  Obverse: Head of Maximian, wearing radiate crown and beard, draped and cuirassed, facing r. Reverse: Hercules, naked, standing frontally, head facing l., holding club in r. and trophy and lion-skin in l.

Inscriptions:  Obverse: INP MHXIMI-ANVS P F HVG (Imperator Maximian Pius Felix Augustus). Reverse: VIRTVS HVCG (To the Courage of the Two Emperors). In Exergue: XXIH

Bibliography:  RIC V 515

Notes:  According to RIC, the XXI[A] in the exergue of the reverse are mintmarks indicating Rome.

3 Related People

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Haines, Geoffrey Colton
British
1899
1981-09-14
Rome
Roman;Byzantine;Italian


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