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ID number:  BIRBI-R1750
Object type:  Coin
Institution:  The Barber Institute of Fine Arts
Named collection:  G. Haines Collection
Collector:  Haines, Geoffrey
Maker:  Trajan Decius; Rome
Denomination:  Sestertius
Place made:  Rome
Culture:  Roman
Date made:  249
Metal:  Base metal
Diameter (cm):  2.90
Weight (g):  16.36
Axis (degrees):  0.00
Provenance:  Haines 1447. W. S. Lincoln, 1932.
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Description:  Obverse: Head of Trajan Decius, wearing laurel wreath, 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 CΠES C ΠΠESS TRAI Q REGIO AVC (Imperator Caesar Gaius Messius Trajan Quintus Decius Augustus). Reverse: D-A-CIΛ S C (Dacia; S C - Translation Disputed).

Bibliography:  RIC IV 101a

3 Related People

Rome
Roman;Byzantine;Italian


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Haines, Geoffrey Colton
British
1899
1981-09-14
Trajan Decius
Roman

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