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ID number: BIRBI-R1194 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): 3.25 Weight (g): 28.22 Axis (degrees): 45.00 Provenance: Haines 1802. J. H. Daniels, 12 Buxton Road, Brighton, Sussex, 1934. |
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Description: Obverse: Head of Antoninus Pius, wearing laurel wreath and bearded, facing r. Reverse: Securitas, draped and standing facing l., holding sceptre in r. and leaning l. arm on column.
Inscriptions: Obverse: ΛNTONINVS AVG PI-VS P P TR P COS III (Antoninus Augustus Pius, Father of the Fatherland, Tribune, Consul for the Third Time). Reverse: SECVRI-JAS ΛVG S C (Imperial Security S C; Translation disputed).
Bibliography: RIC III 640a.
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