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ID number: BIRBI-R2985 Object type: Coin
Institution: The Barber Institute of Fine Arts Named collection: G. Haines Collection Collector: Haines, Geoffrey Maker: Constantine I; Maximian; Rome Denomination: Follis Place made: Europe: Italy, Rome Culture: Roman Date made: 317-318 Metal: Base metal Diameter (cm): 2.00 Weight (g): 3.23 Axis (degrees): 45.00 Provenance: Haines 3519. Presented by G. Fallani, 58A Via del Babuino, Rome, 1959. |

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Description: Obverse: Head of Maximian, wearing laureated veil and bearded, facing r. Reverse: Emperor, veiled and draped, seated facing l. in curule chair, raising r. hand and holding sceptre in l.
Inscriptions: Obverse: DIVO MHXIMIHNᴖ SER FORT IMP (Divine Maximianus, Most Powerful, Senior Augustus). Reverse: RLQVIPS OP-TIIIOR MCDIT (To the Retirement of the Best [of Emperors]). In Exergue: AS
Bibliography: RIC VII 104
Notes: According to RIC, the [R]S in the exergue of the reverse are mintmarks indicating Rome.
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