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Numismatics

ID number:  BIRBI-R1116
Object type:  Coin
Institution:  The Barber Institute of Fine Arts
Named collection:  G. Haines Collection
Collector:  Haines, Geoffrey
Maker:  Trajan; Plotina; Rome
Denomination:  Denarius
Place made:  Rome
Culture:  Roman
Date made:  98 - 117
Metal:  Silver
Diameter (cm):  2.00
Weight (g):  2.81
Axis (degrees):  180.00
Provenance:  Haines 2133. Spink & Son Ltd, 1942, ex Basle sale.
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Description:  Obverse: Bust of Plotina, r., draped, hair in queue. Reverse: Vesta seated l., holding palladium in r. hand and sceptre in l. hand.

Inscriptions:  Obverse: PLOTINA AVG IMP TRAIA… (Plotina Augustus Emperor Trajan). Reverse: CAIS A… …M …OS VI P P (Caesar Augustus Germanicus Dacius Consul for the sixth time, father of the fatherland).

Bibliography:  RIC II 1st ed. 730

4 Related People

Trajan
Roman
53
117
Plotina
Roman

121
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Haines, Geoffrey Colton
British
1899
1981-09-14
Rome
Roman;Byzantine;Italian


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