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ID number: BIRBI-R1201 Object type: Coin
Institution: The Barber Institute of Fine Arts Named collection: G. Haines Collection Collector: Haines, Geoffrey Maker: Antoninus Pius; Rome Denomination: Sestertius Place made: Rome Culture: Roman Date made: 140-144 Metal: Base metal Diameter (cm): 3.45 Weight (g): 22.69 Axis (degrees): 0.00 Provenance: Haines 74. C. T. Seltman, 1919. |

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Description: Obverse: Head of Antoninus Pius, wearing laurel wreath and bearded, facing r. Reverse: Italia, towered, draped, seated facing l. on globe, with zones and stars, holding cornucopiae in r. and sceptre in l.
Inscriptions: Obverse: AIITUNIΓɺVS AVG PIVS D P (Antoninus Augustus Pius, Father of the Fatherland). Reverse: Γƞ POT COS III S C (Tribune, Consul for the Third Time, S C; Translation Disputed). In Exergue: ITALIA (Italia).
Bibliography: RIC III 747a.
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