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ID number: BIRBI-R1259 Object type: Coin
Institution: The Barber Institute of Fine Arts Maker: Antoninus Pius; Marcus Aurelius; Rome Denomination: Sestertius Place made: Rome Culture: Roman Date made: 161 Metal: Base metal Diameter (cm): 3.15 Weight (g): 22.40 Axis (degrees): 0.00 Provenance: Barber acquisition 0102B. A. H. Baldwin, November, 1971. |

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Description: Obverse: Head of Antoninus Pius, bare but bearded, facing r. Reverse: Corinthian column set on base and surmounted by statue of Divus Antoninus.
Inscriptions: Obverse: DIVVS ΛNTONINVS (Divine Antoninus). Reverse: DIVO PIO S C (To the Divine Pius, S C; Translation Disputed).
Bibliography: RIC III 1269.
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