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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.
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