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ID number: BIRBI-R0836 Object type: Coin
Institution: The Barber Institute of Fine Arts Named collection: G. Haines Collection Collector: Haines, Geoffrey Maker: Augustus; Uncertain Italian mint Denomination: Quinarius Place made: Italy Culture: Roman Date made: 29-26 BC Metal: Silver Diameter (cm): 1.50 Weight (g): 1.61 Axis (degrees): 135.00 Provenance: Haines 1211. W. S. Lincoln, 1930. |

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Description: Obverse: Head of Augustus, bare, facing r. Reverse: Victory, draped, standing facing l., r. hand holding wreath, l. holding palm, on cista mystica between two snakes.
Inscriptions: Obverse: CAESAR IMP.VII (Caesar, Imperator for the seventh time). Reverse: ASIA RECEPTA (Asia is received).
Bibliography: RIC I 2nd ed. 276
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