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ID number: BIRBI-R1202 Object type: Coin
Institution: The Barber Institute of Fine Arts Collector: Haines, Geoffrey Maker: Antoninus Pius; Rome Denomination: Sestertius Place made: Rome Culture: Roman Date made: 145-161 Metal: Base metal Diameter (cm): 3.25 Weight (g): 24.37 Axis (degrees): 180.00 Provenance: Barber acquisition 0101. A. H. Baldwin, 1971. |

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Description: Obverse: Head of Antoninus Pius, wearing laurel wreath and bearded, facing r. Reverse: Octastyle temple in which are seated statues of the Divi Augustus (l.) and Livia (r.), with statues on roof and in pediment.
Inscriptions: Obverse: ΛNTONINVS ΛVC PIVS P Y (Antoninus Augustus Pius, Father of the Fatherland). Reverse: ΛED DIVI ^VC REST S C (Temple of the Divine Augustus Restored, S C; Translation Disputed). In Exergue: COS IIII (Consul for the Fourth Time).
Bibliography: RIC III 755.
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