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ID number: BIRBI-R1067 Object type: Coin
Institution: The Barber Institute of Fine Arts Named collection: G. Haines Collection Collector: Haines, Geoffrey Maker: Nerva; Rome Denomination: Denarius Place made: Rome Culture: Roman Date made: 97 Metal: Silver Diameter (cm): 1.85 Weight (g): 3.16 Axis (degrees): 225.00 Provenance: Haines 4075. A. H. Baldwin & Sons Ltd, 1965, Ex Col. G. B. Pears Collection. |
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Description: Obverse: Bust of Nerva, laureate, r. Reverse: Salus seated l. holding ears of corn.
Inscriptions: Obverse: IMP NERVΛ CΛES ΛVG P M TR P COS III P P (Emperor Nerva Caesar Augustus, head of the principal college of priests, Tribune of the people, Consul for the third time, father of the fatherland). Reverse: SΛLVS PVBLICΛ (public safety).
Bibliography: RIC II 1st ed. 20
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