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Follis with bust of Maximian I Herculius
Roman
Imperial Period
about A.D. 297–298
Mint: Carthage
Medium/Technique
Bronze (silvered)
Dimensions
Diameter: 29.5 mm. Weight: 8.26 gm. Die Axis: 1
Credit Line
Theodora Wilbour Fund in memory of Zoë Wilbour
Accession Number64.255
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsAncient Greece and Rome
ClassificationsNumismatics – Coins
DescriptionObverse: Laureate bust of Maximian to right.
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Reverse: Africa standing, wearing long drapery and elephant-skin headdress, holding military standard in right hand, tusk in left.
In left field: H in exergue: PKS
FELIXA D VENTAVGGNN
IMPMAXIMIANVSPFAVG
Reverse: Africa standing, wearing long drapery and elephant-skin headdress, holding military standard in right hand, tusk in left.
In left field: H in exergue: PKS
FELIXA D VENTAVGGNN
ProvenanceBy 1963: from a hoard of Tetrarch coins with Patriciades in Athens, Greece (said to have been found near Salonika); 64.175-64.276 were purchased in 1963 from Patriciades by Cornelius C. Vermeule III on behalf of MFA with funds approved in advance by the Trustees; accessioned by MFA, March 11, 1964