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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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