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ID number: BIRBI-R2563 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: 307 Metal: Base metal Diameter (cm): 2.75 Weight (g): 7.87 Axis (degrees): 180.00 Provenance: Haines 2619. From the collection of either the late Prof. Sir Charles Oman or of Mr C. C. Oman, 1949. |

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Description: Obverse: Head of Maximian, wearing laurel wreath and beard, cuirassed, facing r. Reverse: Genius, naked but cloaked, covering l. shoulder and loins, and wearing modius, standing facing l., holding patera in r. and cornucopia in l.
Inscriptions: Obverse: D N MΛXIMIΠNO D F S AVC (Our Lord Maximian Pius Felix, Senior Augustus). Reverse: CENIO P-OP ROM (The Genius of the Roman People). In Exergue: PLN
Bibliography: RIC VI 90
Notes: According to RIC, the PLN in the exergue on the reverse are mintmarks indicating Londinium.
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