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A work made of bronze.

Follis (Coin) Portraying Emperor Maxentius

309-312

Roman, minted in Rome

Roman Empire

The front (obverse) of this coin portrays emperor Maxentius. On the back (reverse), the goddess Roma sits in a hexastyle temple.

Bronze

Arts of Greece, Rome, and Byzantium