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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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Haines, Geoffrey Colton
British
1899
1981-09-14
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