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ID number: BIRBI-R1773 Object type: Coin
Institution: The Barber Institute of Fine Arts Named collection: G. Haines Collection Collector: Haines, Geoffrey Maker: Hostilian; Trajan Decius; Rome Denomination: Sestertius Place made: Rome Culture: Roman Date made: 251 Metal: Base metal Diameter (cm): 3.10 Weight (g): 18.08 Axis (degrees): 0.00 Provenance: Haines 153. W. S. Lincoln, 1932. |
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Description: Obverse: Head of Hostilian, bare, draped, facing r. Reverse: Apollo, half-draped, seated facing l., holding branch in r. and resting l. elbow on lyre.
Inscriptions: Obverse: C VOΔOOD… TW MES QVIVVTVS N C (Gaius Valens Hostilian Messius Quintus, Noble Caesar). Reverse: PƆ...NCIPL LIIHENTGıIS (Prince of Youth). In Exergue: S C (Translation Disputed).
Bibliography: RIC IV 215 (Trajan Decius)
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