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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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