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ID number: BIRBI-R1781 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): 3.15 Axis (degrees): 0.00 Provenance: Haines 674. 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: Libertas, draped, standing facing l., holding pileus in r. and sceptre in l.
Inscriptions: Obverse: IMP CAH C VIB TREB CΛLLVS ΛVC (Imperator Caesar Gaius Vibius Trebonianus Gallus Augustus). Reverse: LIBEHΛ-S HVCG (The Generosity of the Emperors).
Bibliography: RIC IV 37
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