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ID number: BIRBI-R2520 Object type: Coin
Institution: The Barber Institute of Fine Arts Named collection: G. Haines Collection Collector: Haines, Geoffrey Maker: Maximian; Tripoli Denomination: Antoninianus Place made: Lebanon, Tripoli Culture: Roman Date made: 285-290 Metal: Billon Diameter (cm): 2.25 Weight (g): 4.42 Axis (degrees): 135.00 Provenance: Haines 2839. Rev. Sydenham Collection Sale, A. H. Baldwin, 1953. |
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Description: Obverse: Head of Maximian, wearing radiate crown and beard, cuirassed, facing r. Reverse: Emperor, in military attire, standing facing r., holding parazonium in l. and receiving Victory on globe in r. from Jupiter, naked but cloaked, standing facing l., holding sceptre in l.; [laurel branch]TR[laurel branch?] in field, between figures.
Inscriptions: Obverse: INP C M ΛVR VHL NHXIHIHNVS P F AV6 (Imperator Caesar Marcus Aurelius Valerius Maximian Pius Felix Augustus). Reverse: IOVI CONSEHVATOR-I HVCC (Jupiter, the Protector of the Emperors). In Exergue: XXI
Bibliography: RIC V 626
Notes: According to RIC, the XXI in the exergue of the reverse and TR in the field of the reverse are mintmarks (officinae) indicating Antioch.
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