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RIC V Tacitus 93
RIC V Tacitus 93. Denomination: Antoninianus. Authority: Tacitus. Mint: Rome. The obverse shows bust of Tacitus, radiate, draped, cuirassed, right or bust of Tacitus, radiate, cuirassed, right or head of Tacitus, radiate, right, with the legend IMP C M CL TACITVS AVG. The reverse shows salus, draped, standing left,…
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RIC V Tetricus I 100
AD 271–AD 274
Antoninianus in silver struck at Southern Gallic Mint under Tetricus I, AD 271–AD 274, catalogued as RIC V Tetricus I 100. Obverse: Bust of Tetricus I, radiate, draped, right, or bust of Tetricus I, radiate, draped, cuirassed, right, or bust of Tetricus I, radiate, cuirassed, right. Reverse: Pax, draped, standing le…
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RIC V Tetricus I 130
RIC V Tetricus I 130. Denomination: Antoninianus. Authority: Tetricus I. Mint: Cologne; Southern Gallic Mint. The obverse shows bust of Tetricus I, radiate, draped, right, or bust of Tetricus I, radiate, draped, cuirassed, right, with the legend IMP C TETRICVS P F AVG or IMP C TETRICVS P F AV. The reverse shows spes…
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RIC V Tetricus I 136
RIC V Tetricus I 136. Denomination: Antoninianus. Authority: Tetricus I. Mint: Cologne; Southern Gallic Mint. The obverse shows bust of Tetricus I, radiate, draped, right, or bust of Tetricus I, radiate, draped, cuirassed, right, or bust of Tetricus I, radiate, cuirassed, right, with the legend IMP C TETRICVS P F AV…
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RIC V Tetricus I 148
RIC V Tetricus I 148. Denomination: Antoninianus. Authority: Tetricus I. Mint: Cologne; Southern Gallic Mint. The obverse shows bust of Tetricus I, radiate, draped, right, or bust of Tetricus I, radiate, draped, cuirassed, right, with the legend IMP C TETRICVS P F AVG or IMP C TETRICVS P F AV. The reverse shows sold…
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Münzkabinett Berlin, via nomisma.org / OCRE
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RIC V Tetricus I 208
RIC V Tetricus I 208. Denomination: Aureus. Authority: Tetricus I. Mint: Cologne; Southern Gallic Mint. The obverse shows jugate bust of Tetricus I, laureate, cuirassed, right, and bust of Tetricus II, draped, right, with the legend IMPP TETRICI PII AVGG. The reverse shows hilaritas, draped, standing left, holding p…
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RIC V Tetricus I 255
RIC V Tetricus I 255. Denomination: Antoninianus. Authority: Tetricus I. Mint: Cologne; Southern Gallic Mint. The obverse shows bust of Tetricus II, radiate, draped, right, with the legend C P E TETRICVS CAES or C P E TETRICVS CES. The reverse shows pontifical implements, with the legend PIETAS AVGG.
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Hamburger Kunsthalle, via nomisma.org / OCRE
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RIC V Tetricus I 259
RIC V Tetricus I 259. Denomination: Antoninianus. Authority: Tetricus I. Mint: Cologne; Southern Gallic Mint. The obverse shows bust of Tetricus II, radiate, draped, right, with the legend C P E TETRICVS CAES or C P E TETRICVS CES. The reverse shows pontifical implements, with the legend PIETAS AVGVS or PIETAS AVGVS…
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RIC V Tetricus I 260
RIC V Tetricus I 260. Denomination: Antoninianus. Authority: Tetricus I. Mint: Cologne; Southern Gallic Mint. The obverse shows bust of Tetricus II, radiate, draped, right, with the legend C PIV ESV TETRICVS CAES. The reverse shows tetricus II, draped, cuirassed, standing left, holding branch or ensign in right hand…
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Münzkabinett Wien (Roman Imperial coin), via OCRE / American Numismatic Society
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RIC V Tetricus I 280
RIC V Tetricus I 280. Denomination: Antoninianus. Authority: Tetricus I. Mint: Cologne; Southern Gallic Mint. The obverse shows bust of Tetricus II, radiate, draped, right, with the legend C PIV ESV TETRICVS CAES. The reverse shows soldier, draped, cuirassed, standing right or left, holding spear in right hand and l…
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RIC V Tetricus I 5
RIC V Tetricus I 5. Denomination: Aureus. Authority: Tetricus I. Mint: Cologne; Southern Gallic Mint. The obverse shows bust of Tetricus I, laureate, draped, cuirassed, right, or bust of Tetricus I, laureate, cuirassed, right, with the legend IMP C TETRICVS P F AVG or IMP C TETRICVS P F AV. The reverse shows tetricu…
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Institute of Ancient History and Classical Antiquities, University of Graz; GAMS Numis collection. Individual photographer not stated.
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RIC V Tetricus I 71
RIC V Tetricus I 71. Denomination: Antoninianus. Authority: Tetricus I. Mint: Cologne; Southern Gallic Mint. The obverse shows bust of Tetricus I, radiate, cuirassed, right, with the legend IMP TETRICVS AVG. The reverse shows fides, draped, standing left, holding two ensigns, with the legend FIDES MILITVM.
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RIC V Tetricus I 79
RIC V Tetricus I 79. Denomination: Antoninianus. Authority: Tetricus I. Mint: Cologne; Southern Gallic Mint. The obverse shows bust of Tetricus I, radiate, draped, right, or bust of Tetricus I, radiate, cuirassed, right, with the legend IMP C TETRICVS P F AVG or IMP C TETRICVS P F AV. The reverse shows hilaritas, dr…
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RIC V Tetricus I 87
RIC V Tetricus I 87. Denomination: Antoninianus. Authority: Tetricus I. Mint: Cologne; Southern Gallic Mint. The obverse shows bust of Tetricus I, radiate, draped, right, or bust of Tetricus I, radiate, draped, cuirassed, right, with the legend IMP C TETRICVS P F AVG or IMP C TETRICVS P F AV. The reverse shows laeti…
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The Academic Coin Cabinet of the Archaeological Collection of Rostock University (Roman Imperial coin), via OCRE / American Numismatic Society
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RIC V Valerian 152
RIC V Valerian 152. Denomination: Sestertius. Authority: Gallienus; Valerian. Mint: Rome. The obverse shows bust of Valerian, laureate, cuirassed, right, with the legend IMP C P LIC VALERIANVS P F AVG. The reverse shows apollo, nude, standing left, holding laurel-branch in right hand and lyre set on rock with left h…
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Münzkabinett Wien (Roman Imperial coin), via OCRE / American Numismatic Society
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RIC V Valerian 259
RIC V Valerian 259. Denomination: Antoninianus. Authority: Gallienus; Valerian. Mint: Mediolanum. The obverse shows bust of Valerian, radiate, draped, right, with the legend IMP VALERIANVS P AVG. The reverse shows felicitas, draped, standing left, holding caduceus in right hand and cornucopiae in left hand, with the…
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RIC V Valerian 264
RIC V Valerian 264. Denomination: Antoninianus. Authority: Gallienus; Valerian. Mint: Mediolanum. The obverse shows bust of Valerian, radiate, draped, cuirassed, right, with the legend IMP C P LIC VALERIANO AVG. The reverse shows victory, winged, draped, standing left, resting right hand on shield and holding palm i…
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Gallo-Roman Museum, Tongeren
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RIC V Valerian 271
RIC V Valerian 271. Denomination: Antoninianus. Authority: Gallienus; Valerian. Mint: Mediolanum. The obverse shows bust of Valerian, radiate, draped, right, with the legend IMP VALERIANVS P AVG. The reverse shows soldier, helmeted, in military attire, standing left, resting right hand on shield and holding spear in…
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Münzkabinett Wien (Roman Imperial coin), via OCRE / American Numismatic Society
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RIC V Valerian 273
AD 253
Aureus in gold struck at Antioch, Syria under Valerian, AD 253, catalogued as RIC V Valerian 273. Obverse: Bust of Valerian, radiate, cuirassed, right. Reverse: Valerian, walking right, raising right hand and holding globe in left hand. Obverse legend: IMP C P LIC VALERIANVS AVG. Reverse legend: AETERNITAS AVGG.
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Münzkabinett Wien (Roman Imperial coin), via OCRE / American Numismatic Society
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RIC V Valerian 276
AD 253
Aureus in gold struck at Antioch, Syria under Valerian, AD 253, catalogued as RIC V Valerian 276. Obverse: Bust of Valerian, laureate, draped, right. Reverse: Victory, winged, draped, galloping right in biga. Obverse legend: IMP C P LIC VALERIANVS AVG. Reverse legend: VICTORIAE AVGG.
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Coin Collection of the Institute of Classical Archaeology at the University of Tübingen (Roman Imperial coin), via OCRE / American Numismatic Society
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RIC V Valerian 278
AD 253–AD 254
Antoninianus in silver struck at Antioch, Syria under Valerian, AD 253–AD 254, catalogued as RIC V Valerian 278. Obverse: Bust of Valerian, radiate, draped, right. Reverse: Aequitas, draped, standing left, holding scales in right hand and cornucopiae in left hand. Obverse legend: IMP C P LIC VALERIANVS AVG. Reverse…
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RIC V Valerian 89
RIC V Valerian 89. Denomination: Antoninianus. Authority: Gallienus; Valerian. Mint: Rome. The obverse shows bust of Valerian, radiate, draped, right, with the legend IMP C P LIC VALERIANVS AVG. The reverse shows fides, draped, standing left, holding two ensigns, with the legend FIDES MILITVM.
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State Coin Collection of Munich (Roman Imperial coin), via OCRE / American Numismatic Society
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RIC V Valerian II 1
AD 255
This object is an aureus, a coin associated with the Roman Empire. The obverse face displays a draped bust of Valerian II facing right with a bare head, accompanied by the obverse legend reading "VALERIANVS CAES". The reverse face features the type of a child Jupiter on a goat, which is paired with the reverse legen…
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Gallo-Roman Museum, Tongeren — photograph sourced via the American Numismatic Society OCRE type corpus
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RIC V Valerian II 3
AD 255
Antoninianus in silver struck at Lugdunum under Valerian, AD 255, catalogued as RIC V Valerian II 3. Obverse: Bust of Valerian II, radiate, draped, right. Reverse: Infant Jupiter on goat. Obverse legend: VALERIANVS CAES. Reverse legend: IOVI CRESCENTI.
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The British Museum — photograph sourced via the American Numismatic Society OCRE type corpus
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RIC V Victorinus 100
AD 269–AD 271
Aureus in gold struck at Cologne under Victorinus, AD 269–AD 271, catalogued as RIC V Victorinus 100. Obverse: Head of Victorinus, laureate, right. Reverse: Abundantia, wearing modius, draped, standing right, holding child on knee, placing foot on prow; to left, rudder. Obverse legend: IMP CAES VICTORINVS P F AVG. R…
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The British Museum
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RIC V Victorinus 101
AD 269–AD 271
Aureus in gold struck at Cologne under Victorinus, AD 269–AD 271, catalogued as RIC V Victorinus 101. Obverse: Half-length bust of Victorinus, laureate, cuirassed, right, holding spear in right hand and shield in left hand. Reverse: Bust of Victory, winged, draped, right, holding wreath in right hand and palm in lef…
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Münzkabinett, Staatliche Museen zu Berlin
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RIC V Victorinus 11
AD 269–AD 271
Aureus in gold struck at Southern Gallic Mint under Victorinus, AD 269–AD 271, catalogued as RIC V Victorinus 11. Obverse: Bare bust of Victorinus, laureate, right. Reverse: Victory, winged, draped, standing left, holding wreath; to right, ram. Obverse legend: IMP C VICTORINVS P F AVG. Reverse legend: LEG PRIMA MINE…
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Münzkabinett, Staatliche Museen zu Berlin
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RIC V Victorinus 116
RIC V Victorinus 116. Denomination: Antoninianus. Authority: Victorinus. Mint: Cologne. The obverse shows bust of Victorinus, radiate, draped, right, or bust of Victorinus, radiate, draped, cuirassed, right, or bust of Victorinus, radiate, cuirassed, right, with the legend IMP C M PIAVVONIVS VICTORINVS P F AVG. The…
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Münzkabinett, Staatliche Museen zu Berlin
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RIC VI Alexandria 1
AD 294
Gold multiple in gold struck at Alexandria under Diocletian, AD 294, catalogued as RIC VI Alexandria 1. Obverse: Head of Diocletian, right. Reverse: Jupiter, draped to waist, seated front on high-backed throne, turning left, holding thunderbolt in right hand and sceptre in left hand; at feet to left, eagle with wrea…
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Department of Numismatics and Monetary History at the University of Vienna, via nomisma.org / OCRE
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RIC VI Alexandria 100b
RIC VI Alexandria 100b. Denomination: AE2. Authority: Maximinus Daia. Mint: Alexandria. The obverse shows head of Constantine I, laureate, right; ties parallel, with pointed truncation, with the legend FL VAL CONSTANTINVS FIL AVG. The reverse shows genius, wearing modius, nude, chlamys draped over left shoulder, sta…
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Heberden Coin Room, Ashmolean Museum, Oxford
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RIC VI Alexandria 107b
RIC VI Alexandria 107b. Denomination: AE2. Authority: Maximinus Daia. Mint: Alexandria. The obverse shows head of Licinius, laureate, right; ties parallel, with rounded truncation, with the legend IMP C VAL LIC LICINIVS P F AVG. The reverse shows genius, wearing modius, nude, chlamys draped over left shoulder, stand…
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Coin Collection of the Professorship for Ancient History at the University of Eichstaett-Ingolstadt, via nomisma.org / OCRE
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RIC VI Alexandria 135b
RIC VI Alexandria 135b. Denomination: AE2. Authority: Maximinus Daia. Mint: Alexandria. The obverse shows head of Maximinus Daia, laureate, right, with the legend IMP C GALER VAL MAXIMINVS P F AVG. The reverse shows genius, wearing modius, nude, chlamys draped over left shoulder, standing left, pouring liquid from p…
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Münzkabinett der Universität Göttingen (Roman Imperial coin), via OCRE / American Numismatic Society
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RIC VI Alexandria 157a
RIC VI Alexandria 157a. Denomination: AE2. Authority: Maximinus Daia. Mint: Alexandria. The obverse shows head of Licinius, laureate, right, with the legend IMP C LIC LICINNIVS P F AVG. The reverse shows genius, wearing modius, nude, chlamys draped over left shoulder, standing left, holding head of Serapis in right…
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The British Museum
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RIC VI Alexandria 160a
RIC VI Alexandria 160a. Denomination: AE2. Authority: Maximinus Daia. Mint: Alexandria. The obverse shows head of Licinius, laureate, right, with the legend IMP C LIC LICINNIVS P F AVG. The reverse shows genius, wearing modius, nude, chlamys draped over left shoulder, standing left, holding head of Serapis in right…
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Münzkabinett, Kunsthistorisches Museum Wien
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RIC VI Alexandria 20
RIC VI Alexandria 20. Denomination: AE1. Authority: Diocletian. Mint: Alexandria. The obverse shows head of Domitius Domitianus, laureate, right, with the legend IMP C L DOMITIVS DOMITIANVS AVG. The reverse shows genius, wearing modius, nude, chlamys draped over left shoulder, standing left, holding patera in right…
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Ashmolean Museum, via nomisma.org / OCRE
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RIC VI Alexandria 26a
RIC VI Alexandria 26a. Denomination: AE1. Authority: Diocletian. Mint: Alexandria. The obverse shows head of Diocletian, laureate, right; ties divergent, with the legend IMP C DIOCLETIANVS P F AVG. The reverse shows genius, wearing modius, nude, chlamys draped over left shoulder, standing left, pouring liquid from p…
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Ashmolean Museum, via nomisma.org / OCRE
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RIC VI Alexandria 31a
RIC VI Alexandria 31a. Denomination: AE1. Authority: Diocletian. Mint: Alexandria. The obverse shows head of Constantius Chlorus, laureate, right, with the legend FL VAL CONSTANTIVS NOB CAES. The reverse shows genius, wearing modius, nude, chlamys draped over left shoulder, standing left, holding patera in right han…
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Münzsammlung des Seminars für Alte Geschichte der Albert-Ludwigs-Universität (Roman Imperial coin), via OCRE / American Numismatic Society
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RIC VI Alexandria 32b
RIC VI Alexandria 32b. Denomination: AE1. Authority: Diocletian. Mint: Alexandria. The obverse shows head of Maximian, laureate, right, with the legend IMP C M A MAXIMIANVS P F AVG. The reverse shows genius, wearing modius, nude, chlamys draped over left shoulder, standing left, holding patera in right hand and hold…
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Heberden Coin Room, Ashmolean Museum, Oxford
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RIC VI Alexandria 34a
RIC VI Alexandria 34a. Denomination: AE1. Authority: Diocletian. Mint: Alexandria. The obverse shows head of Diocletian, laureate, right, with the legend IMP C DIOCLETIANVS P F AVG. The reverse shows genius, wearing modius, nude, chlamys draped over left shoulder, standing left, holding patera in right hand and hold…
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Münzkabinett Wien (Roman Imperial coin), via OCRE / American Numismatic Society
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RIC VI Alexandria 49
AD 305–AD 306
Gold multiple in gold struck at Alexandria under Maximinus Daia, AD 305–AD 306, catalogued as RIC VI Alexandria 49. Obverse: Bust of Galerius, laureate, draped, cuirassed, right, seen from behind. Reverse: Jupiter, chlamys draped over right arm, standing front, head left, holding Victory on globe in right hand and l…
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The British Museum — photograph sourced via the American Numismatic Society OCRE type corpus
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RIC VI Alexandria 52
AD 305–AD 306
AE1 in bronze struck at Alexandria under Maximinus Daia, AD 305–AD 306, catalogued as RIC VI Alexandria 52. Obverse: Head of Maximinus Daia, laureate, right. Reverse: Concordia, draped, standing front, head left, leaning on sceptre with right hand and holding cross-fold of drapery in left hand. Obverse legend: GAL V…
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University of Graz, via nomisma.org / OCRE
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RIC VI Alexandria 59a
RIC VI Alexandria 59a. Denomination: Fraction. Authority: Maximinus Daia. Mint: Alexandria. The obverse shows bust of Constantius Chlorus, radiate, draped, cuirassed, right, with the legend IMP C CONSTANTIVS P F AVG. The reverse shows constantius Chlorus, draped, cuirassed, standing right, receiving small Victory on…
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Ashmolean Museum, via nomisma.org / OCRE
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RIC VI Alexandria 83
RIC VI Alexandria 83. Denomination: AE2. Authority: Maximinus Daia. Mint: Alexandria. The obverse shows head of Maximinus Daia, laureate, right, with the legend GAL VAL MAXIMINVS NOB CAES. The reverse shows virtus, draped, cuirassed, advancing right, holding transverse spear in right hand and shield and trophy over…
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The British Museum
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RIC VI Alexandria 91b
RIC VI Alexandria 91b. Denomination: Fraction. Authority: Maximinus Daia. Mint: Alexandria. The obverse shows bust of Maximian, laureate, wearing imperial mantle, right, raising right hand, with the legend D N MAXIMIANO FELICISS. The reverse shows providentia, draped, standing right, extending right hand to Quies; Q…
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Münzkabinett der Universität Göttingen, via nomisma.org / OCRE
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RIC VI Antioch 117
RIC VI Antioch 117. Denomination: AE2. Authority: Maximinus Daia. Mint: Antioch, Syria. The obverse shows head of Maximinus Daia, laureate, right, with the legend GAL VAL MAXIMINVS NOB CAES. The reverse shows virtus, draped, cuirassed, advancing right, holding transverse spear in right hand and shield and trophy ove…
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The British Museum
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RIC VI Antioch 125
RIC VI Antioch 125. Denomination: AE2. Authority: Maximinus Daia. Mint: Antioch, Syria. The obverse shows bust of Maximinus Daia, helmeted, cuirassed, left, holding spear over right shoulder and shield decorated with two riders and four prisoners on left arm, with the legend MAXIMINVS NOB CAES. The reverse shows vir…
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RIC VI Antioch 133c
RIC VI Antioch 133c. Denomination: AE2. Authority: Maximinus Daia. Mint: Antioch, Syria. The obverse shows head of Maximinus Daia, laureate, right, with the legend IMP C GAL VAL MAXIMINVS P F AVG. The reverse shows genius, wearing modius, nude, chlamys draped over left shoulder, standing left, pouring liquid from pa…
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Münzkabinett Wien, via nomisma.org / OCRE
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RIC VI Antioch 147d
RIC VI Antioch 147d. Denomination: AE2. Authority: Maximinus Daia. Mint: Antioch, Syria. The obverse shows head of Constantine I, laureate, right, with the legend IMP C FL VAL CONSTANTINVS P F AVG. The reverse shows genius, wearing modius, nude, chlamys draped over left shoulder, standing left, pouring liquid from p…
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