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Object Type
Museum number: 1937,0406.37
Denomination: denarius
Description: Silver coin. (whole); Bust of Maximinus I, laureate, draped and cuirassed, right. (obverse); Fides standing left, holding vertical standard in each hand. (reverse)
State
Authority
Cultures/periods
Production date: 236
Production place: Minted in: Rome (city)
Findspot: Excavated/Findspot: Dorchester (Dorset) (Dorchester hoard 1936)
Materials
Dimensions: Die-axis: 12 o'clock; Weight: 2.56 grammes
$Inscriptions
Bibliographic references: RE6 / Coins of the Roman Empire in the British Museum, vol.VI: Severus Alexander to Balbinus and Pupienus (59, p.227); Robertson 2000 / An Inventory of Romano-British Coin Hoards (470); RIC4 / The Roman imperial coinage, vol. 4: Pertinax - Uranius Antonius (7A, p.140) (type)
Location: Not on display
Subjects: emperor/empress; classical deity; allegory/personification
Associated names: Named in inscription & portrayed: Maximinus I Thrax; Named in inscription & portrayed: Fides
Acquisition name
Acquisition date: 1937
Department: Coins and Medals
Registration number: 1937,0406.37
C&M catalogue number: RE6 (227) (59)

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