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ID number: BIRBI-R2566 Object type: Coin
Institution: The Barber Institute of Fine Arts Named collection: G. Haines Collection Collector: Haines, Geoffrey Maker: Maximian; Treveri Denomination: Follis Place made: Europe: Germany, Rhineland-Palatinate, Trier Culture: Roman Date made: 302-303 Metal: Base metal Diameter (cm): 2.95 Weight (g): 9.93 Axis (degrees): 180.00 Provenance: Haines 2905. Rev. Sydenham Collection Sale, A. H. Baldwin, 1953. |
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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.; S and F in field, to l. and r. respectively.
Inscriptions: Obverse: IMP MAXIMIANVS AVC (Imperator Maximian Augustus). Reverse: CENIO POPV-LI ROMANI (The Genius of the Roman People). In Exergue: IITR
Bibliography: RIC VI 524B
Notes: According to RIC, the IITR in the exergue on the reverse and the S F in the field on the reverse are mintmarks (officinae) indicating Treveri.
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