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ID number: BIRBI-R0947 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. 49-50 Metal: Bronze Diameter (cm): 3.70 Weight (g): 23.90 Axis (degrees): 180.00 Provenance: Haines 3128. Bought A. H. Bladwin 1957. |
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Description: Obverse: Head of Claudius, r. wearing laurel. Reverse: Spes, draped, advancing l., r. holding flower, l. raising skirt; S C in exergue
Inscriptions: Obverse: TI CLAVDIVS CAESAR AVG Γ ... TR P IMΓ (Tiberius Claudius Caesar Augustus, great priest, tribune of the people, Emperor). Reverse: SPES AVGVSTA (Imperial hope).
Bibliography: RIC 1/2 99
Notes: Obv. Countermarked - PRO to l. of head, IMP r. of neck, Nijmingen? Clipped to bottom r. of obv. Weighs less than normal sestersius.
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