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ID number: BIRBI-R1299 Object type: Coin
Institution: The Barber Institute of Fine Arts Named collection: G. Haines Collection Collector: Haines, Geoffrey Maker: Crispina; Commodus; Rome Denomination: As Place made: Rome Culture: Roman Date made: 178-191 Metal: Base metal Diameter (cm): 2.40 Weight (g): 11.25 Axis (degrees): 0.00 Provenance: Haines 2026. Ex Levis Collection, A. H. Baldwin, 1942. |
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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 extended r. and sceptre in l.
Inscriptions: Obverse: GRISPINA ΛVGVSTΛ (Crispina Augusta). Reverse: IVNO LVCINΛ S C (Juno Lucina, S C; Translation Disputed).
Bibliography: RIC III 680.
Notes: The reverse legend refers to Juno in her role as the goddess of childbirth, Juno Lucina.
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