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ID number:  BIRBI-R1719
Object type:  Coin
Institution:  The Barber Institute of Fine Arts
Named collection:  G. Haines Collection
Collector:  Haines, Geoffrey; Plevna Hoard
Maker:  Trajan Decius; Rome
Denomination:  Antoninianus
Place made:  Rome
Culture:  Roman
Date made:  249-251
Metal:  Silver
Diameter (cm):  2.20
Weight (g):  5.34
Axis (degrees):  315.00
Provenance:  Haines 670. From a find Plevna, Bulgaria, 1922. Acquired through the British Museum, 1923.
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Description:  Obverse: Head of Trajan Decius, wearing radiate crown, draped and cuirassed, facing r. Reverse: Abundantia, draped, standing facing r., emptying cornucopiae held in both hands.

Inscriptions:  Obverse: IMP C M Q IDAIANVS DECIVS ΛVG (Imperator Gaius Messius Quintus Trajan Decius Augustus). Reverse: ΛBVNDHNπIA AVG (Imperial Abundance).

Bibliography:  RIC IV 10

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Rome
Roman;Byzantine;Italian


Trajan Decius
Roman

251
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Haines, Geoffrey Colton
British
1899
1981-09-14
Plevna Hoard



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