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ID number: BIRBI-R1072 Object type: Coin
Institution: The Barber Institute of Fine Arts Named collection: G. Haines Collection Collector: Haines, Geoffrey Maker: Nerva; Rome Denomination: As Place made: Rome Culture: Roman Date made: 97 Metal: Base Metal Diameter (cm): 2.70 Weight (g): 8.17 Axis (degrees): 180.00 Provenance: Haines 1051. W. S. Lincoln & Son, 1929. |
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Description: Obverse: Bust of Nerva, laureate, r. Reverse: S - C, l. and r., Libertas standing l. holding pileus and sceptre.
Inscriptions: Obverse: IMP NERVA … AVG 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: LIBERIAS PVBLICA (public good fortune).
Bibliography: RIC II 1st ed. 86
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