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ID number: BIRBI-R1053 Object type: Coin
Institution: The Barber Institute of Fine Arts Named collection: G. Haines Collection Collector: Haines, Geoffrey; Webb, Percy H.; Vierordt, Leopold Maker: Domitian; Rome Denomination: Semis Place made: Rome Culture: Roman Date made: AD 85 Metal: Base Metal Diameter (cm): 2.00 Weight (g): 4.14 Axis (degrees): 180.00 Provenance: Haines 3464. A. H. Baldwin 1959, ex Vierordt and Webb collections. |

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Description: Obverse: Bust of Apollo, draped with branch in front, r. Reverse: Globe on tripod, around which a snake coils.
Inscriptions: Obverse: IMP DOMIT AVG GERM COS XI (Emperor Domitian Augustus Germanicus, Consul for the eleventh time). Reverse: S C (By order of the Senate).
Bibliography: RIC II 2nd ed. 312
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