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ID number: BIRBI-R2719 Object type: Coin
Institution: The Barber Institute of Fine Arts Named collection: G. Haines Collection Collector: Haines, Geoffrey Maker: Maxentius; Romulus; Ostia Denomination: Follis Place made: Europe: Italy, Rome, Ostia Culture: Roman Date made: AD 309-312 Metal: Base metal Diameter (cm): 2.50 Weight (g): 5.77 Axis (degrees): 0.00 Provenance: Haines 2155. Spink, 1942. |

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Description: Obverse: Head of Romulus, bare-headed, facing r. Reverse: Eagle, with wings spread, standing r. with head facing l., on domed hexastyle shrine, r. door ajar.
Inscriptions: Obverse: INP MAXENTIVS DIVO ROMVLO N V FILɪᴗ (Imperator Maxentius, Divine Romulus; N V FILIO - translation disputed). Reverse: AETERNA MEMORIH (Eternal Memory). In Exergue: …OSTQ
Bibliography: RIC VI 33
Notes: According to RIC, the [M]OSTQ in the exergue of the reverse are mintmarks indicating Ostia.
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