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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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