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ID number: BIRBI-R1017 Object type: Coin
Institution: The Barber Institute of Fine Arts Named collection: G. Haines Collection Collector: Haines, Geoffrey Maker: Vespasian; Rome Denomination: Sestertius Place made: Rome Culture: Roman Date made: AD 71 Metal: Base Metal Diameter (cm): 3.30 Weight (g): 25.23 Axis (degrees): 180.00 |

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Description: Obverse: Bust of Vespasian, laureate, r. Reverse: S - C, l. and r. Helmeted Roma standing l. holding winged Victoria in r. hand and spear in l.
Inscriptions: Obverse: IMP CAES VESPAS AVG P M TR P P P COS III (Emperor Caesar Vespasian Augustus, head of the principal college of priests, Tribune of the people, father of the fatherland, Consul for the third time). Reverse: ROMA (Roma).
Bibliography: RIC II 2nd ed. 190
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