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ID number: BIRBI-R2587 Object type: Coin
Institution: The Barber Institute of Fine Arts Named collection: G. Haines Collection Collector: Haines, Geoffrey Maker: Maximian; Kyzikos Denomination: Radiate Fractional Follis Place made: Eurasia: Mysia, Kyzikos Culture: Roman Date made: 295-299 Metal: Base metal Diameter (cm): 2.20 Weight (g): 3.89 Axis (degrees): 45.00 Provenance: Haines 1331. W. S. Lincoln, 1931. |
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Description: Obverse: Head of Maximian, wearing radiate crown and beard, draped and cuirassed, facing r. Reverse: Emperor, in military attire, standing facing r., receiving Victory on globe in r. from Jupiter, naked but cloaked, standing facing l., leaning on sceptre with l.; KΔ in field, in between figures.
Inscriptions: Obverse: IMP C M H MHXIMIHNVS P F AVC (Imperator Caesar Marcus Aurelius Maximian Pius Felix Augustus). Reverse: GONGORDIH MI-LITVM (The Harmony of the Soldiers).
Bibliography: RIC VI 16B
Notes: According to RIC, the KA in the field on the reverse are mintmarks (officinae) indicating Kyzikos.
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