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ID number: BIRBI-R1203 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: 145-161 Metal: Base metal Diameter (cm): 3.10 Weight (g): 26.84 Axis (degrees): 0.00 Provenance: Haines 1416. W. S. Lincoln, 1932. |

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Description: Obverse: Head of Antoninus Pius, wearing laurel wreath and bearded, facing r. Reverse: Securitas, draped and seated facing l., holding sceptre in r. and propping head on l.
Inscriptions: Obverse: ΛNǐONINVS AVG PIVS P P TR P (Antoninus Augustus Pius, Father of the Fatherland, Tribune). Reverse: COS IIII (Consul for the Fourth Time) In Exergue: S C (S C; Translation Disputed).
Bibliography: RIC III 764.
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