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Numismatics

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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Haines, Geoffrey Colton
British
1899
1981-09-14
Antoninus Pius
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