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ID number: BIRBI-R1298 Object type: Coin
Institution: The Barber Institute of Fine Arts Named collection: G. Haines Collection Collector: Haines, Geoffrey Maker: Crispina; Commodus; Rome Denomination: Sestertius Place made: Rome Culture: Roman Date made: 178-191 Metal: Base metal Diameter (cm): 2.95 Weight (g): 25.59 Axis (degrees): 0.00 Provenance: Haines 1044. W. S. Lincoln, 1928. |

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Description: Obverse: Head of Crispina, bare and draped, hair in round coil at back, facing r. Reverse: Juno, veiled and draped, standing facing l., holding patera in r. and sceptre in l.; at her feet, peacock, standing facing l.
Inscriptions: Obverse: CRISPINA AVG IMP COMMODI AVG (Crispina Augusta, Imperator Commodus Augustus). Reverse: SΛLVS (Salus). In Exergue: S C (Translation Disputed).
Bibliography: RIC III 672b.
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