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ID number: BIRBI-R2575 Object type: Coin
Institution: The Barber Institute of Fine Arts Named collection: G. Haines Collection Collector: Haines, Geoffrey Maker: Maximian; Aquileia Denomination: Follis Place made: Europe: Italy, Aquileia Culture: Roman Date made: 300 Metal: Silver and base metal Diameter (cm): 2.80 Weight (g): 10.29 Axis (degrees): 180.00 Provenance: Haines 2906. Rev. Sydenham Collection Sale, A. H. Baldwin, 1953. |

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Description: Obverse: Head of Maximian, wearing laurel wreath and beard, facing r. Reverse: Moneta, draped, standing facing l., holding scales in r. and cornucopia in l.
Inscriptions: Obverse: IMP MHXIMIHNVS P F AVC (Imperator Maximian Pius Felix Augustus). Reverse: SACRA NONET HVCC ET CHESS NOSTR (The Sacred Money of Our Two Emperors and Two Caesars). In Exergue: AQS
Bibliography: RIC VI 29B
Notes: Traces of silvering. According to RIC, the AQS in the exergue on the reverse are mintmarks indicating Aquileia.
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