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ID number: BIRBI-LR0437 Object type: Coin
Institution: The Barber Institute of Fine Arts Named collection: P. D. Whitting Collection Collector: Whitting, Philip D. Maker: Magnus Maximus; Treveri Denomination: Siliqua Place made: Europe: Germany, Rhineland-Palatinate, Trier Culture: Late Roman Date made: 383-388 Metal: Silver Diameter (cm): 1.80 Weight (g): 1.64 Axis (degrees): 0.00 Provenance: Whitting 4728. A. H. Baldwin, 18th of July 1964. |
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Description: Obverse: Bust of Maximus, facing r. draped, cuirassed, diademed. Reverse: Roma, enthroned, with orb in r. hand and spear in l. hand.
Inscriptions: Obverse: D II MAO MΛY ·MVD I M ΛIV (our lord Magnus Maximus pious fortunate Augustus). Reverse: VIRTVS RO MANORVM (virtue of the Romans). Mint mark: TPPS (mint of Treveri).
Bibliography: RIC IX 84b
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