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ID number: BIRBI-R1204 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): 3.25 Weight (g): 31.75 Axis (degrees): 315.00 Provenance: Haines 2010. B. A. Seaby, 1942. |

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Description: Obverse: Head of Antoninus Pius, wearing laurel wreath and bearded, facing r. Reverse: Second half of inscription to l. and r. of Pax, draped and standing facing l., setting fire with torch to heap of arms with r. and holding cornucopia in l.
Inscriptions: Obverse: ANTONINVS AVG PIVS P P TR P (Antoninus Augustus Pius, Father of the Fatherland, Tribune). Reverse: COS IIII PAX ΛVG S C (Consul for the Fourth Time, Imperial Peace, S C; Translation Disputed).
Bibliography: RIC III 777.
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