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ID number: BIRBI-R1012 Object type: Coin
Institution: The Barber Institute of Fine Arts Named collection: G. Haines Collection Collector: Haines, Geoffrey Maker: Vespasian; Rome Denomination: Denarius Place made: Rome Culture: Roman Date made: AD 74 Metal: Silver Diameter (cm): 1.90 Weight (g): 3.14 Axis (degrees): 180.00 Provenance: Haines 1084. 1929 'in Paris'. |

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Description: Obverse: Bust of Vespasian, laureate, r. Reverse: Winged caduceus.
Inscriptions: Obverse: (anticlockwise) IMP CAESAR VESPASIANVS AVG (Emperor Caesar Vespasian Augustus). Reverse: (anticlockwise) PON MAX TR P COS V (head of the principal college of priests, Tribune of the people, Consul for the fifth time).
Bibliography: RIC II 2nd ed. 703
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