Online Collections at UoB - Objects
Go to the Advanced Search
Viewing Record 1 of 1 


Numismatics

ID number:  BIRBI-R1070
Object type:  Coin
Institution:  The Barber Institute of Fine Arts
Named collection:  G. Haines Collection
Collector:  Haines, Geoffrey
Maker:  Nerva; Rome
Denomination:  Sestertius
Place made:  Rome
Culture:  Roman
Date made:  97
Metal:  Base Metal
Diameter (cm):  3.25
Weight (g):  27.55
Axis (degrees):  180.00
Provenance:  Haines 3132. A. H. Baldwin & Sons Ltd, 1957.
BIRBI-R1070.jpg

Description:  Obverse: Bust of Nerva, laureate, r. Reverse: S - C, l. and r., Fortuna standing l., holding cornucopiae and rudder.

Inscriptions:  Obverse: IMP NERVA CAES 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: FORTVNΛ ΛVGVSI (good fortune of the Emperor).

Bibliography:  RIC II 1st ed. 83

3 Related People

Rome
Roman;Byzantine;Italian


Nerva
Roman
30
98
Haines_Geoffrey-T.jpg
Haines, Geoffrey Colton
British
1899
1981-09-14
Viewing Record 1 of 1