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ID number: BIRBI-R2716 Object type: Coin
Institution: The Barber Institute of Fine Arts Named collection: G. Haines Collection Collector: Haines, Geoffrey Maker: Maxentius; Rome Denomination: Follis Place made: Europe: Italy, Rome Culture: Roman Date made: 310 Metal: Base metal Diameter (cm): 2.20 Weight (g): 2.76 Axis (degrees): 180.00 Provenance: Haines 2554. From the collection of either the late Professor Sir Charles Oman or of Mr C. C. Oman, 1949. |
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Description: Obverse: Head of Maxentius, wearing helmet and beard, cuirassed, holding spear in r. and shield in l. depicting wolf and twins, facing l. Reverse: Victory, draped and winged, standing facing r., writing VOT X on shield on pillar to r.; seated captive by feet, to l.
Inscriptions: Obverse: MHXENTI-VS P F ΛVC (Maxentius Pius Felix Augustus). Reverse: IIICTCRIH H-ETERNH HVC N (To The Eternal Victory of Our Emperor). In Exergue: RT
Bibliography: RIC VI 232
Notes: According to RIC, the RT in the exergue of the reverse are mintmarks indicating Rome.
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