Follis (Nummi) of Maximinus II from Alexandria Mint: Alexandria (Egypt)
Honorand: Licinius, Emperor of Rome, ca. 265–325, ruled 308–24
Ruler: Maximinus II, A.D. 270–313

312–313

Numismatics

By appointment, Pratt Study Room
Medium

Bronze

Dimensions

5.56 g, 6:00, 22.40 mm

Credit Line

Gift of the Mitchel family in honor of Professor F. W. Mitchel, B.A. 1944, M.A. 1944, Ph.D. 1954

Accession Number

2018.177.211

Geography

Made in Alexandria, Egypt

Culture

Roman

Period

4th century

Classification

Numismatics

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Numismatics

Obverse Description

Obverse Description: IMP C GAL VAL MAXIMIANUS P F AVG r., laur. (I)

Reverse Description

Reverse Description: GENIO-AVGVSTI, Genius stg. l., modius on head, naked but for chlamys over l. shoulder, r. holding head of Serapis l. cornucopiae
Provenance
Professor Fordyce W. Mitchel., Columbia, Miss., from about 1950 to 1986; Eileen McClelland Mitchel, 1986–2013; Fordyce W. Mitchel II, Magdalen Mitchel, and Henry McClelland Mitchel, 2013–2018; Yale University Art Gallery, New Haven, Conn.
Object copyright
Copyright Undetermined
Additional information

Object/Work type

coins, money, nummi

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