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ID number: BIRBI-R2516 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: 287 Metal: Billon Diameter (cm): 2.35 Weight (g): 4.03 Axis (degrees): 225.00 Provenance: Haines 1328. 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 facing r., holding club in r. and bow and lion-skin in l.; H in field, to l.
Inscriptions: Obverse: IMP C M H VAL MAXIMIANVS P F ΛVG (Imperator Caesar Marcus Aurelius Valerius Maximian Pius Felix Augustus). Reverse: VIRTVS HVGVSTORVM (Imperial Courage). In Exergue: XXI
Bibliography: RIC V 591
Notes: According to RIC, the XXI in the exergue of the reverse and the [A] in the field of the reverse are mintmarks indicating Rome.
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