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Numismatics

ID number:  BIRBI-R1010
Object type:  Coin
Institution:  The Barber Institute of Fine Arts
Named collection:  G. Haines Collection
Collector:  Haines, Geoffrey
Maker:  Vespasian; Rome
Denomination:  Denarius
Place made:  Rome
Culture:  Roman
Date made:  AD 73
Metal:  Silver
Diameter (cm):  1.90
Weight (g):  3.29
Axis (degrees):  180.00
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Description:  Obverse: Bust of Vespasian, laureate, r. Reverse: Clasped hands holding winged caduceus, poppies and corn-ears

Inscriptions:  Obverse: IM… ...ΛES VESP AVG P M COS IIII CEN (Emperor Caesar Vespasian Augustus, head of the principal college of priests, consul for the fourth time, censor). Reverse: rIDES PVBL (Public faith)

Bibliography:  RIC II 2nd ed. 520

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Haines, Geoffrey Colton
British
1899
1981-09-14
Vespasian
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