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ID number: BIRBI-R1800 Object type: Coin
Institution: The Barber Institute of Fine Arts Named collection: G. Haines Collection Collector: Haines, Geoffrey; Dorchester Hoard Maker: Volusian; Trebonianus Gallus; Rome Denomination: Antoninianus Place made: Rome Culture: Roman Date made: 251-253 Metal: Silver; Copper Diameter (cm): 2.20 Weight (g): 3.09 Axis (degrees): 315.00 Provenance: Haines 1689. From the Dorchester Hoard, purchased from Mr C. W. Peck, 1950. |
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Description: Obverse: Head of Volusian, wearing radiate crown and beard, draped and cuirassed, facing r. Reverse: Pax, draped, standing facing l., holding branch in r. and transverse sceptre in l.
Inscriptions: Obverse: IMP CAE C VIB VOLVSIANO HVG (Imperator Caesar Gaius Vibius Volusian Augustus). Reverse: PHX AVGG ([Dedicated to the] Peace of the Emperors).
Bibliography: RIC IV 179
Notes: Probably silvered.
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