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ID number: BIRBI-R2715 Object type: Coin
Institution: The Barber Institute of Fine Arts Named collection: G. Haines Collection Collector: Haines, Geoffrey Maker: Maxentius; Aquileia Denomination: Follis Place made: Europe: Italy, Aquileia Culture: Roman Date made: 307-310 Metal: Base metal Diameter (cm): 2.60 Weight (g): 6.95 Axis (degrees): 225.00 Provenance: Haines 46. W. S. Lincoln, 1920. |

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Description: Obverse: Head of Maxentius, wearing laurel wreath and beard, facing r. Reverse: Roma, draped and helmeted, seated frontally with head facing l., holding globe in r. and sceptre in l., in hexastyle temple with knobs as acroteria and crescent in pediment.
Inscriptions: Obverse: IMP C MHXENTIVS P F HVC (Imperator Caesar Maxentius Pius Felix Augustus). Reverse: CONSERV VRB SVHE (Defender of the City). In Exergue: HQS
Bibliography: RIC VI 121A
Notes: According to RIC, the HQS in the exergue of the reverse are mintmarks indicating Aquileia.
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