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ID number: BIRBI-R1068 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): 3.42 Axis (degrees): 180.00 Provenance: Haines 253. C. T. Seltman, 1919. |
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Description: Obverse: Bust of Nerva, laureate, r. Reverse: Priestly emblems; simpulum, sprinkler, ewer and lituus.
Inscriptions: Obverse: IMP NERVΛ CΛES AVG P M TR POT (Emperor Nerva Caesar Augustus, head of the principal college of priests, Tribune of the people). Reverse: COS III PΛTER PΛTRIΛE (Consul for the third time, father of the fatherland).
Bibliography: RIC II 1st ed. 24
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