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ID number:  BIRBI-R1206
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:  145-161
Metal:  Base metal
Diameter (cm):  2.75
Weight (g):  10.86
Axis (degrees):  0.00
Provenance:  Haines 547. W. S. Lincoln, 1922.
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Description:  Obverse: Head of Antoninus Pius, wearing laurel wreath and bearded, facing r. Reverse: Inscription inside laurel wreath.

Inscriptions:  Obverse: ΛNTONINVS ΛVG Pɪ-VS P P TΠ P COS IIII (Antoninus Augustus Pius, Father of the Fatherland, Tribune, Consul for the Fourth Time). Reverse: S P.Q.R OPTIMO PRINCIDI S.C (The Senate and the People of Rome, The Best of Princes, S C; Translation Disputed).

Bibliography:  RIC III 827a.

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