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ID number: BIRBI-R0936 Object type: Coin
Institution: The Barber Institute of Fine Arts Named collection: G. Haines Collection Collector: Haines, Geoffrey Maker: Gaius; Rome Denomination: Sestertius Place made: Rome Culture: Roman Date made: AD 40-41 Metal: Copper-alloy Diameter (cm): 3.65 Weight (g): 28.60 Axis (degrees): 180.00 Provenance: Haines 2017. Bought A. H. Baldwin 1942. |

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Description: Obverse: Pietas, veiled and dr., seated l., holding patera in r. hand, l. arm resting on small draped facing figure on basis. Reverse: hexastyle garlanded temple surmounted by quadriga, before which Gaius, veiled and togate, sacrifices with patera over garlanded altar; one attendant leads bull to the altar; a second holds patera.
Inscriptions: Obverse: C·CAESAR·DIVI·AVG·PRON·AVG·P·M·TR·P·IIII·P·P· PIETAS. Reverse: DIVO·AVG·/ S·C
Bibliography: RIC I Gaius 37; RIC I (2) Gaius 51
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