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ID number: BIRBI-R1196 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): 2.70 Weight (g): 9.88 Axis (degrees): 315.00 Provenance: Haines 3477. 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: Janus, draped and standing frontally, facing l., holding sceptre in r.
Inscriptions: Obverse: ΛNTONINVS AVC PIVS P P (Antoninus Augustus Pius, Father of the Fatherland). Reverse: TR.POT COS III S C (Tribune, Consul for the Third Time, S C; Translation disputed).
Bibliography: RIC III 693a.
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