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ID number: BIRBI-R1754 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): 2.90 Weight (g): 11.70 Axis (degrees): 0.00 Provenance: Haines 1448. W. S. Lincoln, 1932. |
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Description: Obverse: Head of Trajan Decius, wearing laurel wreath, cuirassed, facing r. Reverse: Victory, winged and draped, running facing l., holding wreath in r. and palm sloped over l. shoulder in l.
Inscriptions: Obverse: IMP E M QTRAIANVS DECIv... ΛVG (Imperator Gaius Messius Quintus Trajan Decius Augustus). Reverse: ...CT-ORIΛ ΛV-G S C (Imperial Victory; S C - Translation Disputed).
Bibliography: RIC IV 126d
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