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ID number:  BIRBI-R1818
Object type:  Coin
Institution:  The Barber Institute of Fine Arts
Named collection:  G. Haines Collection
Collector:  Haines, Geoffrey; Earle Fox, H. B.
Maker:  Aemilian; Rome
Denomination:  Sestertius
Place made:  Rome
Culture:  Roman
Date made:  253
Metal:  Base metal
Diameter (cm):  2.80
Weight (g):  12.21
Axis (degrees):  0.00
Provenance:  Haines 481. Presented by Earle Fox, 1921.
BIRBI-R1818.jpg

Description:  Obverse: Head of Aemilian, wearing laurel wreath, draped and cuirassed, facing r. Reverse: Virtus, helmeted and in military attire, standing facing l., r. foot on helmet, holding branch in r. and spear in l.

Inscriptions:  Obverse: IM… ΛFMILIANVS … F A... (Imperator Aemilian Pius Felix Augustus). Reverse: …G S C ([Dedicated to the] Courage of the Emperor; S C - Translation Disputed).

Bibliography:  RIC IV 53

4 Related People

Aemilian
Roman

253
Haines_Geoffrey-T.jpg
Haines, Geoffrey Colton
British
1899
1981-09-14
Rome
Roman;Byzantine;Italian


Earle Fox, H. B.
British
1863
21 March 1920
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