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ID number: BIRBI-R1863 Object type: Coin
Institution: The Barber Institute of Fine Arts Named collection: G. Haines Collection Collector: Haines, Geoffrey Maker: Gallienus; Valerian I; Rome Denomination: Sestertius Place made: Rome Culture: Roman Date made: 255-256 Metal: Base metal Diameter (cm): 3.05 Weight (g): 17.24 Axis (degrees): 315.00 Provenance: Haines 4001. A. H. Baldwin, 1963. |

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Description: Obverse: Head of Gallienus, wearing a laurel wreath and beard, cuirassed, facing r. Reverse: Liberalitas, draped, standing facing l., holding tessera in r. and cornucopiae in l.
Inscriptions: Obverse: ...IP C P LIC GHLLIIENVS P F AVG (Imperator Gaius Publicus Licinius Gallienus Pius Felix Augustus Germanicus). Reverse: LIBERALITAS ΛVCC S C ([Dedicated to the] Generosity of the Emperors; S C - Translation Disputed).
Bibliography: RIC V 221 (Joint Reign)
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