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ID number: BIRBI-R0946 Object type: Coin
Institution: The Barber Institute of Fine Arts Named collection: G. Haines Collection Collector: Haines, Geoffrey Maker: Claudius; Rome Denomination: Sestertius Place made: Rome Culture: Roman Date made: c. 50 Metal: Bronze Diameter (cm): 3.55 Weight (g): 28.45 Axis (degrees): 180.00 Provenance: Haines 3503. Bought G. Fallani, Rome, 1959. |

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Description: Obverse: Head of Claudius, r. wearing laurel. Reverse: inscription either side of axis on clockwise axis, S C in exergue, Spes, draped, advancing l., r. holding flower, l. raising skirt.
Inscriptions: Obverse: TI CLAVDIVS CAESAR · AVG · P · M · TR P · IMP · P · P · (Tiberius Claudius Caesar Augustus, great priest, tribune of the people, Emperor, father of the country). Reverse: SPES AVGVSTA (Imperial hope).
Bibliography: RIC 1/2 115
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