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ID number: BIRBI-R0934 Object type: Coin
Institution: The Barber Institute of Fine Arts Named collection: G. Haines Collection Collector: Haines, Geoffrey Maker: Gaius; Rome Denomination: Sestertius Place made: Rome Culture: Roman Date made: AD 37-38 Metal: Copper-alloy Diameter (cm): 3.60 Weight (g): 27.31 Axis (degrees): 180.00 Provenance: Haines 2018. Bought A. H. Baldwin 1942. |

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Description: Obverse: laureate head of Gaius l. Reverse: three sisters of Gaius stg. draped facing; Agrippina holds cornucopia in r. hand, resting on column, with l. hand on shoulder of Drusilla, who holds patera in r. hand and cornucopia in l.; Julia holds rudder with r. and cornucopia in l.
Inscriptions: Obverse: C·CAESAR·AVG·GERMANICVS·PON·M·TR·POT. Reverse: AGRIPPINA / DRVSILLA / IVLIA / S C
Bibliography: RIC I Gaius 28; RIC I(2) Gaius 33
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