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ID number: BIRBI-R1810 Object type: Coin
Institution: The Barber Institute of Fine Arts Named collection: G. Haines Collection Collector: Haines, Geoffrey Maker: Volusian; Trebonianus Gallus; Rome Denomination: Sestertius Place made: Rome Culture: Roman Date made: 251-253 Metal: Base metal Diameter (cm): 2.90 Weight (g): 17.01 Axis (degrees): 180.00 Provenance: Haines 108. W. S. Lincoln, 1920. |

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Description: Obverse: Head of Volusian, wearing laurel wreath and extended sideburns, draped and cuirassed, facing r. Reverse: Pax, draped, standing facing l., holding branch in r. and transverse sceptre in l.
Inscriptions: Obverse: IMP CAE C VIB VOLVSIHNO HVG (Imperator Caesar Gaius Vibius Volusian Augustus). Reverse: PAX Λ˃GG S C ([Dedicated to the] Peace of the Emperors; S C - Translation Disputed).
Bibliography: RIC IV 256a
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