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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. |
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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
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