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ID number: BIRBI-R2689 Object type: Coin
Institution: The Barber Institute of Fine Arts Named collection: G. Haines Collection Collector: Haines, Geoffrey Maker: Maximinus Daia; Galerius; Ticinum Denomination: Follis Place made: Europe: Italy, Lombardy, Pavia Culture: Roman Date made: 306 Metal: Base metal Diameter (cm): 2.70 Weight (g): 6.12 Axis (degrees): 225.00 Provenance: Haines 2846. Rev. Sydenham Collection Sale, A. H. Baldwin, 1953. |
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Description: Obverse: Head of Maximinus, wearing laurel wreath and beard, facing r. Reverse: Mars, naked but cloaked and helmeted, walking facing r., holding transverse spear in r. and trophy in l. over l. shoulder.
Inscriptions: Obverse: MHXIMINVS NOB CHESHΠ (Maximinus, Noble Caesar). Reverse: VIRTVS AVGC ET C□FSS NN (The Courage of Our Two Emperors and Two Caesars). In Exergue: TT
Bibliography: RIC VI 60B
Notes: According to RIC, the TT in the exergue of the reverse are mintmarks indicating Ticinum.
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