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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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Rome
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Haines, Geoffrey Colton
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Trebonianus Gallus
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