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ID number: BIRBI-R1818 Object type: Coin
Institution: The Barber Institute of Fine Arts Named collection: G. Haines Collection Collector: Haines, Geoffrey Maker: Aemilian; Rome Denomination: Sestertius Place made: Rome Culture: Roman Date made: 253 Metal: Base metal Diameter (cm): 2.80 Weight (g): 12.21 Axis (degrees): 0.00 Provenance: Haines 481. Presented by Earle Foxe, 1921. |

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Description: Obverse: Head of Aemilian, wearing laurel wreath, draped and cuirassed, facing r. Reverse: Virtus, helmeted and in military attire, standing facing l., r. foot on helmet, holding branch in r. and spear in l.
Inscriptions: Obverse: IM… ΛFMILIANVS … F A... (Imperator Aemilian Pius Felix Augustus). Reverse: …G S C ([Dedicated to the] Courage of the Emperor; S C - Translation Disputed).
Bibliography: RIC IV 53
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