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Numismatics
ID number: BIRBI-R1805 Object type: Coin
Institution: The Barber Institute of Fine Arts Named collection: G. Haines Collection Collector: Haines, Geoffrey; Dorchester Hoard Maker: Volusian; Trebonianus Gallus; Rome Denomination: Antoninianus Place made: Rome Culture: Roman Date made: 251-253 Metal: Silver Diameter (cm): 2.10 Weight (g): 3.17 Axis (degrees): 0.00 Provenance: Haines 2684. 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, helmeted and in military attire, standing facing l., leaning on a shield to l. and holding a spear in l.; star in field, in r.
Inscriptions: Obverse: IMP CƆE C VIB VOLVS…NO ΛVG (Imperator Caesar Gaius Vibius Volusian Augustus). Reverse: VIHTVS HVGG ([Dedicated to the] Courage of the Emperors).
Bibliography: RIC IV 187
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