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ID number: BIRBI-R1779 Object type: Coin
Institution: The Barber Institute of Fine Arts Named collection: G. Haines Collection Collector: Haines, Geoffrey; Dorchester Hoard Maker: Trebonianus Gallus; Rome Denomination: Antoninianus Place made: Rome Culture: Roman Date made: 251-253 Metal: Silver Diameter (cm): 2.25 Weight (g): 3.64 Axis (degrees): 0.00 Provenance: Haines 664. From the Dorchester Hoard, purchased from Mr C. W. Peck, 1950. |
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Description: Obverse: Head of Trebonianus Gallus, wearing radiate crown and beard, draped and cuirassed, facing r. Reverse: Felicitas, draped and diademed, standing facing l., holding caduceus in r. and cornucopiae in l.
Inscriptions: Obverse: IMP CΛE C VIB TREB CΛLLVS AVG (Imperator Caesar Gaius Vibius Trebonianus Gallus Augustus). Reverse: FELICIΓAS PVBLICA (Good Fortune of the [Roman] Public).
Bibliography: RIC IV 33
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