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ID number: BIRBI-R1024 Object type: Coin
Institution: The Barber Institute of Fine Arts Named collection: G. Haines Collection Collector: Haines, Geoffrey Maker: Vespasian; Rome Denomination: Quadrans Place made: Rome Culture: Roman Date made: AD 74 Metal: Base Metal Diameter (cm): 1.60 Weight (g): 3.29 Axis (degrees): 0.00 Provenance: Haines 3441. A. H. Baldwin 1959. |

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Description: Obverse: Rudder on globe. Reverse: S - C, l. and r. winged caduceus.
Inscriptions: Obverse: IMP VESPASIAN AVG (Emperor Vespasian Augustus). Reverse: P M TR P P r COS V (head of the principal college of priests, Tribune of the people, father of the fatherland, Consul for the fifth time)
Bibliography: RIC II 2nd ed. 736
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