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ID number: BIRBI-R2475 Object type: Coin
Institution: The Barber Institute of Fine Arts Named collection: G. Haines Collection Collector: Haines, Geoffrey Maker: Quietus; Antioch Denomination: Antoninianus Place made: Eurasia: Antioch Culture: Roman Date made: 260-261 Metal: Silver and base metal Diameter (cm): 2.25 Weight (g): 3.95 Axis (degrees): 0.00 Provenance: Haines 1833. Seaby, 1934. |
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Description: Obverse: Head of Quietus, wearing radiate crown, draped, facing r. Reverse: Sol, naked but radiate and cloaked, standing facing l., raising r. and holding globe in l.
Inscriptions: Obverse: IMP C FVL QVIETVS P F AVG (Imperator Caesar Fulvius Quietus Pius Felix Augustus). Reverse: SOL INVICTO (To The Invicible Sol).
Bibliography: RIC V 10
Notes: Silvered.
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