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ID number: BIRBI-R1752 Object type: Coin
Institution: The Barber Institute of Fine Arts Named collection: G. Haines Collection Collector: Haines, Geoffrey Maker: Trajan Decius; Rome Denomination: Sestertius (double) Place made: Rome Culture: Roman Date made: 249-251 Metal: Base metal Diameter (cm): 3.75 Weight (g): 35.68 Axis (degrees): 0.00 Provenance: Haines 1077. W. S. Lincoln, 1929. |

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Description: Obverse: Head of Trajan Decius, wearing radiate crown, cuirassed, facing r. Reverse: Felicitas, draped, standing facing l., holding long caduceus in r., and cornucopiae in l.
Inscriptions: Obverse: IMP C M Q TRAIANVS DECIVS AVG (Imperator Gaius Messius Quintus Trajan Decius Augustus). Reverse: FBLICITAS SΛECVLI S C (Age of Good Fortune; S C - Translation Disputed).
Bibliography: RIC IV 115a
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