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ID number: BIRBI-R1195 Object type: Coin
Institution: The Barber Institute of Fine Arts Named collection: G. Haines Collection Collector: Haines, Geoffrey Maker: Antoninus Pius; Rome Denomination: As Place made: Rome Culture: Roman Date made: 140-144 Metal: Base metal Diameter (cm): 2.80 Weight (g): 12.96 Axis (degrees): 0.00 Provenance: Haines 3476. Prof. Luigi de Nicola, 65 Via del Babuino, Rome, 1959. |

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Description: Obverse: Head of Antoninus Pius, wearing laurel wreath and bearded, facing r. Reverse: Felicitas, draped and standing frontally with head to l., holding caduceus in r. and branch in l.
Inscriptions: Obverse: ANTONIɪJVSAVC PI-vS D P TR COS III (Antoninus Augustus Pius, Father of the Fatherland, Tribune, Consul for the Third Time). Reverse: [ELICɪ-TAS AVC S C (Imperial Felicity, S C; Translation disputed).
Bibliography: RIC III 679.
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