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ID number: BIRBI-R1211 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: 154-155 Metal: Base metal Diameter (cm): 3.20 Weight (g): 20.22 Axis (degrees): 315.00 Provenance: Barber acquisition 0010B. A. H. Baldwin, July, 1971. |

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Description: Obverse: Head of Antoninus Pius, wearing laurel wreath and bearded, facing r. Reverse: Octastyle temple, in which are the seated figures of the Divi Augustus (l.) and Livia (r.), with statues on roof and in pediment.
Inscriptions: Obverse: ϤNTONINVS ΛVC PI-VS P P TR P XXII (Antoninus Augustus Pius, Father of the Fatherland, Tribune for the Twenty-Second Time). Reverse: ΛED DIVI ɪVC 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 998.
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