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ID number: BIRBI-R1790 Object type: Coin
Institution: The Barber Institute of Fine Arts Named collection: G. Haines Collection Collector: Haines, Geoffrey Maker: Trebonianus Gallus; Rome Denomination: Sestertius Place made: Rome Culture: Roman Date made: 251-253 Metal: Base metal Diameter (cm): 2.90 Weight (g): 21.54 Axis (degrees): 315.00 Provenance: Haines 3436. A. H. Baldwin, 1959. |

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Description: Obverse: Head of Trebonianus Gallus, wearing laurel wreath and beard, draped and cuirassed, facing r. Reverse: Pietas, veiled and draped, standing facing l., raising both hands; altar, to l.
Inscriptions: Obverse: … CΛES C … VS TREBONIΛIIS ʕALLUS AVG (Imperator Caesar Gaius Vibius Trebonianus Gallus Augustus). Reverse: PICTAS A…GG S C (Piety of the Emperors; S C - Translation Disputed).
Bibliography: RIC IV 117a
Notes: Pared down, possibly for mounting (the mounting is now lost), to an irregular octagonal shape.
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