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ID number: BIRBI-R1829 Object type: Coin
Institution: The Barber Institute of Fine Arts Named collection: G. Haines Collection Collector: Haines, Geoffrey Maker: Valerian I; Rome Denomination: Sestertius Place made: Rome Culture: Roman Date made: 255-256 Metal: Base metal Diameter (cm): 3.10 Weight (g): 21.73 Axis (degrees): 180.00 Provenance: Haines 3999. A. H. Baldwin, 1963. |
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Description: Obverse: Head of Valerian, wearing laurel crown, cuirassed, facing r. Reverse: Felicitas, draped, standing facing l., holding caduceus r. and cornucopia in l.
Inscriptions: Obverse: IMD C P LIC VALERIANVS P F AVG (Imperator Gaius Publicus Licinius Valerian Pius Felix Augustus). Reverse: FELIC-ITAS ΛVLC S C ([Dedicated to the] Good Fortune of the Emperors; S C - Translation Disputed).
Bibliography: RIC V 157
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