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ID number: BIRBI-R2727 Object type: Coin
Institution: The Barber Institute of Fine Arts Named collection: G. Haines Collection Collector: Haines, Geoffrey Maker: Romulus; Maxentius; Rome Denomination: Follis Place made: Europe: Italy, Rome Culture: Roman Date made: AD 308-310 Metal: Base metal Diameter (cm): 2.30 Weight (g): 6.86 Axis (degrees): 180.00 Provenance: Haines 4130. Ex P. D. Whitting Collection (By Exchange), 1967. |

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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 shrine, r. door ajar.
Inscriptions: Obverse: DIVO ROMVLO N V BIS CUNS (Divine Romulus; N V BIS CONS - translation disputed). Reverse: HETERNHE MEMORIHE (Eternal Memory). In Exergue: RBQ
Bibliography: RIC VI 207
Notes: According to RIC, the RBQ in the exergue of the reverse are mintmarks indicating Rome.
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