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ID number: BIRBI-R2518 Object type: Coin
Institution: The Barber Institute of Fine Arts Named collection: G. Haines Collection Collector: Haines, Geoffrey Maker: Maximian; Kyzikos Denomination: Antoninianus Place made: Eurasia: Mysia, Kyzikos Culture: Roman Date made: 293 Metal: Billon Diameter (cm): 2.30 Weight (g): 3.70 Axis (degrees): 180.00 Provenance: Haines 808. A. H. Baldwin, 1928. |

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Description: Obverse: Head of Maximian, wearing radiate crown and beard, draped and cuirassed, facing r. Reverse: Emperor, in military attire, standing facing r., holding parazonium in l. and receiving Victory on globe in r. from Jupiter, standing facing l., holding sceptre in l.; S in field, between figures.
Inscriptions: Obverse: INP C M H MHXINIHNVS AVC (Imperator Caesar Marcus Aurelius Maximian Augustus). Reverse: CONCORDIH MILITVV (Harmony of the Soldiers). In Exergue: XXI
Bibliography: RIC V 607 var.
Notes: According to RIC, the XXI in the exergue of the reverse and S in the field of the reverse are mintmarks (officina) indicating Kyzikos. As opposed to RIC, this coin type have a variant legend on the obverse (VAL does not occur) and the bust is cuirassed as well as draped.
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