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ID number: BIRBI-R2725 Object type: Coin
Institution: The Barber Institute of Fine Arts Named collection: G. Haines Collection Collector: Haines, Geoffrey Maker: Maxentius; Ostia Denomination: Half-follis Place made: Europe: Italy, Rome, Ostia Culture: Roman Date made: AD 309-312 Metal: Base metal Diameter (cm): 2.10 Weight (g): 3.75 Axis (degrees): 180.00 Provenance: Haines 3402. A. H. Baldwin, 1958. |

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Description: Obverse: Head of Maxentius, wearing laurel wreath and beard, facing l. Reverse: Victory, draped and winged, standing facing r., foot on base of cippus supporting shield which she inscribes with VOT X; seated captive at feet, to l.
Inscriptions: Obverse: MHXENTI-VS P F HVC (Maxentius Pius Felix Augustus). Reverse: vICTORIA A-ETERNH HVC N (To The Eternal Victory of Our Emperor). In Exergue: …OSTQ
Bibliography: RIC VI 60
Notes: According to RIC, the [M]OSTQ in the exergue of the reverse are mintmarks indicating Ostia.
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