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Numismatics

ID number:  BIRBI-R1808
Object type:  Coin
Institution:  The Barber Institute of Fine Arts
Named collection:  G. Haines Collection
Collector:  Haines, Geoffrey; Dorchester Hoard
Maker:  Volusian; Trebonianus Gallus; Mediolanum
Denomination:  Antoninianus
Place made:  Lombardy: Milan
Culture:  Roman
Date made:  251-253
Metal:  Silver
Diameter (cm):  2.30
Weight (g):  2.45
Axis (degrees):  180.00
Provenance:  Haines 2687. From the Dorchester Hoard, purchased from Mr C. W. Peck, 1950.
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Description:  Obverse: Head of Volusian, wearing radiate crown and beard, draped and cuirassed, facing r. Reverse: Virtus, in helmet and military attire, standing facing r., holding spear in r. and leaning on shield, to r.

Inscriptions:  Obverse: IIVIP C C VIB VOLVSIΛNVS HVG (Imperator Caesar Gaius Vibius Volusian Augustus). Reverse: VIHTVS HVUG ([Dedicated to the] Courage of the Emperors).

Bibliography:  RIC IV 206

5 Related People

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Haines, Geoffrey Colton
British
1899
1981-09-14
Dorchester Hoard



Mediolanum
Roman; Ostrogothic


Volusian
Roman

253
Trebonianus Gallus
Roman
206
253
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