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ID number: BIRBI-R1811 Object type: Coin
Institution: The Barber Institute of Fine Arts Named collection: G. Haines Collection Collector: Haines, Geoffrey Maker: Volusian; Trebonianus Gallus; Rome Denomination: Sestertius Place made: Rome Culture: Roman Date made: 251-253 Metal: Base metal Diameter (cm): 2.90 Weight (g): 12.68 Axis (degrees): 180.00 Provenance: Haines 80. Presented by Earle Fox, 1914. |

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Description: Obverse: Head of Volusian, wearing laurel wreath and beard, draped and cuirassed, facing r. Reverse: Pietas, veiled and draped, standing facing l., raising both hands.
Inscriptions: Obverse: IIVIP CAE C VIB VOLVSIHNO ΛVcı (Imperator Caesar Gaius Vibius Volusian Augustus). Reverse: PIET^S IVGG S C ([Dedicated to the] Piety of the Emperors; S C - Translation Disputed).
Bibliography: RIC IV 257
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