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ID number:  BIRBI-R1771
Object type:  Coin
Institution:  The Barber Institute of Fine Arts
Named collection:  G. Haines Collection
Collector:  Haines, Geoffrey
Maker:  Hostilian; Trebonianus Gallus; Antioch
Denomination:  Antoninianus
Place made:  Antioch
Culture:  Roman
Date made:  251
Metal:  Silver
Diameter (cm):  2.25
Weight (g):  4.20
Axis (degrees):  135.00
Provenance:  Haines 3142. A. H. Baldwin, 1957.
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Description:  Obverse: Head of Hostilian, wearing radiate crown, draped, facing r. Reverse: Pudicitia, draped and veiled, seated facing l., drawing veil with r, holding sceptre in l.

Inscriptions:  Obverse: C QVAL OSTIL IVIES COVIΓTVS AVC (Gaius Valens Hostilian Messius Quintus, Augustus). In Exergue: IV (Four). Reverse: PVDICITIA HVC (Modesty of the Augustus).

Bibliography:  RIC IV 203e (Trajan Decius)

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Haines, Geoffrey Colton
British
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