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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

4 Related People

Volusian
Roman

253
Rome
Roman;Byzantine;Italian


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Haines, Geoffrey Colton
British
1899
1981-09-14
Trebonianus Gallus
Roman
206
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