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ID number: BIRBI-R1191 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): 3.40 Weight (g): 24.39 Axis (degrees): 45.00 Provenance: Haines 3135. Ex Bement Collection, Lot 809, 1957. |

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Description: Obverse: Head of Antoninus Pius, wearing laurel wreath and bearded, facing r. Reverse: Antoninus Pius, draped and standing facing l., places crown on the smaller King of Armenia to l., and holds roll in l.
Inscriptions: Obverse: ΛNǐONINVS ΛVG rɪ-SV P P ǐR P COS III (Antoninus Augustus Pius, Father of the Fatherland, Tribune, Consul for the Third Time). Reverse: CEX ARMENɪIS DATVS (A King give to Armenia). In Exergue: S C (Translation disputed).
Bibliography: RIC III 619.
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