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ID number: BIRBI-R1825 Object type: Coin
Institution: The Barber Institute of Fine Arts Named collection: G. Haines Collection Collector: Haines, Geoffrey; Dorchester Hoard Maker: Valerian I; Rome Denomination: Antoninianus Place made: Rome Culture: Roman Date made: 253 Metal: Silver Diameter (cm): 2.25 Weight (g): 3.65 Axis (degrees): 0.00 Provenance: Haines 2689. From the Dorchester Hoard, purchased from Mr C. W. Peck, 1950. |
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Description: Obverse: Head of Valerian, wearing radiate crown, draped, facing r. Reverse: Fides, draped, standing facing l., holding an ensign in each hand.
Inscriptions: Obverse: IMP C D LIC VHLERIΛNVS ΠVG (Imperator Gaius Publicus Licinius Valerian Augustus). Reverse: HIDES ΓIIILITVM (The Loyalty of the Soldiers).
Bibliography: RIC V 89
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