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ID number: BIRBI-R1755 Object type: Coin
Institution: The Barber Institute of Fine Arts Named collection: G. Haines Collection Collector: Haines, Geoffrey Maker: Trajan Decius; Rome Denomination: Semis Place made: Rome Culture: Roman Date made: 249-251 Metal: Base metal Diameter (cm): 2.05 Weight (g): 4.35 Axis (degrees): 225.00 Provenance: Haines 543. W. S. Lincoln, 1922. |

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Description: Obverse: Head of Trajan Decius, wearing laurel wreath, cuirassed, facing r. Reverse: Mars, helmeted and in military attire, standing facing l., resting r. on shield and holding vertical spear in l.
Inscriptions: Obverse: IMP C M Q TRAIANVS DECIVS AVG (Imperator Gaius Messius Quintus Trajan Decius Augustus). Reverse: S C (Translation Disputed).
Bibliography: RIC IV 128
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