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ID number: BIRBI-R1304 Object type: Coin
Institution: The Barber Institute of Fine Arts Named collection: G. Haines Collection Collector: Haines, Geoffrey Maker: Didius Julianus; Rome Denomination: Sestertius Place made: Rome Culture: Roman Date made: 193 Metal: Base metal Diameter (cm): 2.95 Weight (g): 19.44 Axis (degrees): 180.00 Provenance: Haines 1048. W. S. Lincoln, 1928. |
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Description: Obverse: Head of Didius Julianus, wearing a laurel wreath and bearded, facing r. Reverse: Julianus, togate and standing facing l., holding globe in . and roll in l.
Inscriptions: Obverse: IHP CAES M DID.S-BVEH IVI… IA ...VG (Imperator Caesar Marcus Didius Severus Julianus Augustus). Reverse: H[CTƆR OR…I... S C (Master of the World, S C; Translation Disputed).
Bibliography: RIC IV 16.
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