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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
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