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ID number: BIRBI-R1021 Object type: Coin
Institution: The Barber Institute of Fine Arts Named collection: G. Haines Collection Collector: Haines, Geoffrey Maker: Vespasian; Rome Denomination: Quadrans Place made: Rome Culture: Roman Date made: AD 71 Metal: Base Metal Diameter (cm): 1.55 Weight (g): 2.22 Axis (degrees): 180.00 |

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Description: Obverse: Trophy. Reverse: S - C between spears. Two crossed spears between two shields.
Inscriptions: Obverse: IMP CAES VESPASIAN AVG (Emperor Caesar Vespasian Augustus). Reverse: PON M TR P P P COS III (Head of the principal college of priests, Tribune of the people, father of the fatherland, Consul for the third time).
Bibliography: RIC II 2nd ed. 345
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