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ID number: BIRBI-R2560 Object type: Coin
Institution: The Barber Institute of Fine Arts Named collection: G. Haines Collection Collector: Haines, Geoffrey Maker: Maximian; Londinium Denomination: Follis Place made: Europe: United Kingdom, London Culture: Roman Date made: 300-303 Metal: Base metal Diameter (cm): 2.75 Weight (g): 10.92 Axis (degrees): 225.00 Provenance: Haines 209. W. S. Lincoln, 1919. |
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Description: Obverse: Head of Maximian, wearing laurel wreath and beard, cuirassed, facing r. Reverse: Genius, naked but cloaked and wearing modius, standing facing l., holding patera in r. and cornucopia in l.
Inscriptions: Obverse: IMP C MHXIMIHNVS P F AVC (Imperator Caesar Maximian Pius Felix Augustus). Reverse: GENIO POP-VLI ROMHNI (The Genius of the Roman People).
Bibliography: RIC VI 17
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