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ID number: BIRBI-R1073 Object type: Coin
Institution: The Barber Institute of Fine Arts Named collection: G. Haines Collection Collector: Haines, Geoffrey Maker: Nerva; Rome Denomination: Sestertius Place made: Rome Culture: Roman Date made: 97 Metal: Base Metal Diameter (cm): 3.25 Weight (g): 22.55 Axis (degrees): 180.00 Provenance: Haines 1425. W. S. Lincoln & Son, 1932. |

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Description: Obverse: Bust of Nerva, laureate, r. Reverse: Two mules grazing one l, one r.; behind, high-wheeled cart, with pole and harness.
Inscriptions: Obverse: IMP NERVA CAES AVG P M TR P COS III P P (Emperor Nerva Caesar Augustus, head of the principal college of priests, Tribune of the people, Consul for the third time, father of the fatherland). Reverse: VEHICVLATIONE ITALIAE REMISSA; S C in exergue (transportation tax remitted for Italians; by order of the Senate).
Bibliography: RIC II 1st ed. 93
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