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ID number: BIRBI-R1816 Object type: Coin
Institution: The Barber Institute of Fine Arts Named collection: G. Haines Collection Collector: Haines, Geoffrey Maker: Aemilian; Rome Denomination: Antoninianus Place made: Rome Culture: Roman Date made: 253 Metal: Silver Diameter (cm): 2.10 Weight (g): 4.30 Axis (degrees): 0.00 Provenance: Haines 1490. W. S. Lincoln, 1932. |
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Description: Obverse: Head of Aemilian, wearing radiate crown and beard, draped and cuirassed, facing r. Reverse: Jupiter, naked with hanging cloak, standing facing l., extending r. which holds thunderbolt and sceptre in l., protecting Aemilian to l.
Inscriptions: Obverse: IIVIP CHES HEMILLHNVS P F HVG (Imperator Aemilian Pius Felix Augustus). Reverse: IOVI CON-SERVUT (Jupiter, the Preserver).
Bibliography: RIC IV 14
Notes: Possibly silvered.
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