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ID number: BIRBI-R2589 Object type: Coin
Institution: The Barber Institute of Fine Arts Named collection: G. Haines Collection Collector: Haines, Geoffrey Maker: Maximian; Antioch Denomination: Follis Place made: Eurasia: Antioch Culture: Roman Date made: 298 Metal: Base metal Diameter (cm): 2.60 Weight (g): 10.31 Axis (degrees): 0.00 Provenance: Haines 849. Sundry Purchase, 1924. |

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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.; *, *, A and ᴗ in field, anti-clockwise from top l.
Inscriptions: Obverse: IMP C M A MAXIMIANVS P F HVG (Imperator Caesar Marcus Aurelius Maximian Pius Felix Augustus). Reverse: GENIO POPV-L-I ROMHNI (The Genius of the Roman People). In Exergue: HNT
Bibliography: RIC VI 50B
Notes: According to RIC, the [A]NT in the exergue on the reverse and * * A ᴗ in field on the reverse are mintmarks (officinae) indicating Antioch.
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