Follis of Maxentius from Roman Empire Mint: Rome
Ruler: Maxentius, Emperor of Rome, ca. 278–312, ruled 306–12

Medium

Bronze

Dimensions

6.03 g, 12:00, 24 mm

Credit Line

Ruth White Fund

Accession Number

2021.84.212

Culture
Period

4th century

Classification
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Numismatics

Numismatics Reference Number

RIC VI 208

Obverse Description

Obverse Description: Laureate head right

Reverse Description

Reverse Description: Roma seated facing, head left, in hexastyle temple, holding globe and scepter; shield to right; knobs as acroteria; wreath in pediment; RBS
Provenance

Provenance

Probably Yale University Library, New Haven, Conn., until about 1960’s. Sale, Skinner Auctions, Marlborough, February 12, 2020, lot 1002; sold to private collection, February 12, 2020; sold to private collection, Amherst, Mass.; sold to private collection; sale, Classical Numismatics Group Keystone Auction, February 17, 2021, lot 212; sold to the Yale University Art Gallery, New Haven, Conn., 2021

Note 1: Hand-written inscriptions on the boxes and index cards that sold alongside the coin at Skinner and CNG suggest the coin was formerly with the Yale University Library. The circumstance of transfer of the coin from Yale’s collections is unclear. The Gallery welcomes information that would further clarify the coin’s ownership history.
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Object/Work type

coins

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