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ID number: BIRBI-R1649 Object type: Coin
Institution: The Barber Institute of Fine Arts Named collection: G. Haines Collection Collector: Haines, Geoffrey; Dorchester Hoard Maker: Philip I; Rome Denomination: Antoninianus Place made: Rome Culture: Roman Date made: 244-247 Metal: Silver Diameter (cm): 2.20 Weight (g): 3.73 Axis (degrees): 45.00 Provenance: Haines 653. From the Dorchester Hoard, purchased from Mr C. W. Peck, 1949. |
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Description: Obverse: Head of Philip, wearing a radiate crown and beard, draped and cuirassed, facing r. Reverse: Aequitas, draped, standing facing l., holding scales in r. and cornucopiae in l.
Inscriptions: Obverse: IΛΠD ΠΠ IML DHILIPDVS AVG (Imperator Marcus Julius Philip Augustus). Reverse: HEQVITHS ALGG (Justice of the Emperors).
Bibliography: RIC IV 27b
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