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ID number: BIRBI-R1192 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): 3.15 Weight (g): 24.80 Axis (degrees): 45.00 Provenance: Haines 1978. A. H. Baldwin, 1942. |

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Description: Obverse: Head of Antoninus Pius, wearing laurel wreath and bearded, facing r. Reverse: Decastyle temple with statues on roof and in pediment.
Inscriptions: Obverse: ANTONINVS AVG PI-VS P P TR P COS III (Antoninus Augustus Pius, Father of the Fatherland, Tribune, Consul for the Third Time). Reverse: ROMAE AETERNAE (To Everlasting Rome). In Exergue: S C (Translation disputed).
Bibliography: RIC III 622a.
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