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ID number: BIRBI-R2584 Object type: Coin
Institution: The Barber Institute of Fine Arts Named collection: G. Haines Collection Collector: Haines, Geoffrey Maker: Maximian; Kyzikos Denomination: Follis Place made: Eurasia: Mysia, Kyzikos Culture: Roman Date made: 295-296 Metal: Base metal Diameter (cm): 2.70 Weight (g): 10.20 Axis (degrees): 180.00 Provenance: Haines 1570. W. S. Lincoln, 1932. |
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Description: Obverse: Head of Maximian, wearing laurel wreath and beard, facing r. Reverse: Genius, naked but cloaked, and wearing modius, standing facing l., pouring liquor from patera in r. and cornucopia in l.
Inscriptions: Obverse: IMP C M Λ MΛXIMIΛNVS P F AVC (Imperator Caesar Marcus Aurelius Maximian Pius Felix Augustus). Reverse: CENIO POPV-LI ROMANI (The Genius of the Roman People). In Exergue: KΔ
Bibliography: RIC VI 10B
Notes: Traces of silvering. According to RIC, the KΔ in the exergue on the reverse are mintmarks indicating Kyzikos.
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