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ID number: BIRBI-R2591 Object type: Coin
Institution: The Barber Institute of Fine Arts Named collection: P. D. Whitting Collection Collector: Haines, Geoffrey Maker: Maximian; Alexandria Denomination: Radiate Fractional Follis Place made: Africa: Egypt, Lower Egypt, Alexandria Culture: Roman Date made: 305-306 Metal: Base metal Diameter (cm): 2.20 Weight (g): 3.56 Axis (degrees): 135.00 Provenance: Whitting 4433. |

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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 from Jupiter, naked but cloaked, standing facing l., leaning on sceptre with l.; B in field, in between figures.
Inscriptions: Obverse: IMP C HΠXIVI▫NVS R F ΛVG (Imperator Caesar Maximian Pius Felix Augustus). Reverse: COVCOΠDIΛ MIL-ITVM (The Harmony of the Soliders). In Exergue: ΛLb̄
Bibliography: RIC VI 59B
Notes: According to RIC, the [A]L[E] in the exergue on the reverse and B in field on the reverse are mintmarks (officina) indicating Alexandria.
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