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ID number: BIRBI-R2564 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): 2.55 Weight (g): 7.22 Axis (degrees): 225.00 Provenance: Haines 628. In Paris, 1929. |
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Description: Obverse: Head of Maximian, wearing laurel wreath and beard, cuirassed, facing r. Reverse: Hercules, naked, standing frontally with head facing l., holding club in r. and lion-skin and bow in l.
Inscriptions: Obverse: D N MHXIMIΠNO P F S ΛVC (Our Lord Maximian Pius Felix, Senior Augustus). Reverse: HERCVLI CONSERVΛTↃRI (Hercules, the Protector). In Exergue: PLN
Bibliography: RIC VI 91
Notes: According to RIC, the PLN in the exergue on the reverse are mintmarks indicating Londinium.
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