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ID number:  BIRBI-R2728
Object type:  Coin
Institution:  The Barber Institute of Fine Arts
Named collection:  G. Haines Collection
Collector:  Haines, Geoffrey
Maker:  Romulus; Maxentius; Rome
Denomination:  Fractional Follis
Place made:  Europe: Italy, Rome
Culture:  Roman
Date made:  AD 310
Metal:  Base metal
Diameter (cm):  1.70
Weight (g):  1.75
Axis (degrees):  180.00
Provenance:  Haines 192. W. S. Lincoln, 1915.
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Description:  Obverse: Head of Romulus, bare-headed, facing r. Reverse: Domed shrine with doors ajar, surmounted by eagle.

Inscriptions:  Obverse: DICO RUhVLO N V BIS CONS (Divine Romulus; N V BIS CONS - translation disputed). Reverse: HETERNHE …U…IHE (Eternal Memory). In Exergue: ΠT

Bibliography:  RIC VI 239

Notes:  According to RIC, the [R]T in the exergue of the reverse are mintmarks indicating Rome.

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Rome
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Haines, Geoffrey Colton
British
1899
1981-09-14
Romulus
Roman

309
Maxentius
Roman
c.276
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