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ID number: BIRBI-R2424 Object type: Coin
Institution: The Barber Institute of Fine Arts Named collection: G. Haines Collection Collector: Haines, Geoffrey Maker: Tetricus I; Gaul Denomination: Antoninianus Place made: Europe: France Culture: Roman Date made: 271-274 Metal: Base metal Diameter (cm): 2.15 Weight (g): 2.07 Axis (degrees): 0.00 Provenance: Haines 700. Presented by C. E. Blunt, 1923. |

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Description: Obverse: Head of Tetricus, wearing radiate crown and long beard, draped, facing r. Reverse: Soldier, in military attire, standing facing l., leaning on shield with r. and holding spear in l.
Inscriptions: Obverse: IMP C TETHICVS P F HVG (Imperator Caesar Tetricus Pius Felix Augustus). Reverse: VIRTVS AVGC (Courage of the Emperors).
Bibliography: RIC V 148
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