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ID number: BIRBI-R1722 Object type: Coin
Institution: The Barber Institute of Fine Arts Named collection: G. Haines Collection Collector: Haines, Geoffrey; Plevna Hoard Maker: Trajan Decius; Rome Denomination: Antoninianus Place made: Rome Culture: Roman Date made: 249-251 Metal: Silver Diameter (cm): 2.20 Weight (g): 4.12 Axis (degrees): 45.00 Provenance: Haines 669. From a find near Plevna, Bulgaria, 1922. Acquired through the British Museum, 1923. |
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Description: Obverse: Head of Trajan Decius, wearing radiate crown, draped and cuirassed, facing r. Reverse: Dacia, draped in long robe reaching feet, standing facing l., holding vertical staff with head of ass in r.
Inscriptions: Obverse: IMP C M Q TRAIHΠIVɔ DECIVS AVG (Imperator Gaius Messius Quintus Trajan Decius Augustus). Reverse: D-A-CIπ (Dacia).
Bibliography: RIC IV 12
Notes: C mark in Decius' cheek
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