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ID number: BIRBI-R1751 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: 249-251 Metal: Base metal Diameter (cm): 3.10 Weight (g): 18.39 Axis (degrees): 0.00 Provenance: Haines 1809. J. H. Daniels, 12 Buxton Road, Brighton, Sussex, 1934. |
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Description: Obverse: Head of Trajan Decius, wearing laurel wreath, 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 TRAIANVS DECLVS AVC (Imperator Gaius Messius Quintus Trajan Decius Augustus). Reverse: D-A-CIA S C (Dacia; S C - Translation Disputed).
Bibliography: RIC IV 112b
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