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ID number: BIRBI-R1190 Object type: Coin
Institution: The Barber Institute of Fine Arts Named collection: G. Haines Collection Collector: Haines, Geoffrey Maker: Antoninus Pius; Rome Denomination: Sestertius Place made: Rome Culture: Roman Date made: 140-144 Metal: Base metal Diameter (cm): 4.50 Weight (g): 29.46 Axis (degrees): 315.00 Provenance: Haines 3134. Ex Bement Collection, Lot 809, 1957. |

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Description: Obverse: Head of Antoninus Pius, wearing laurel wreath and bearded, facing r. Reverse: Moneta, draped and standing facing l., holding scales in r. and cornucopia in l.
Inscriptions: Obverse: ΛNTOINVS AVG PIVS P P TR P COS III (Antoninus Augustus Pius, Father of the Fatherland, Tribune, Consul for the Third Time). Reverse: MONE-TΛ.RVG S C (Imperial Money, S C; Translation disputed).
Bibliography: RIC III 610.
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