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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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