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ID number: BIRBI-R1865 Object type: Coin
Institution: The Barber Institute of Fine Arts Named collection: G. Haines Collection Collector: Haines, Geoffrey Maker: Gallienus; Valerian I; Rome Denomination: Dupondius Place made: Rome Culture: Roman Date made: 253 Metal: Base metal Diameter (cm): 2.40 Weight (g): 9.59 Axis (degrees): 0.00 Provenance: Haines 1950. Sundry purchase, 1939. |
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Description: Obverse: Head of Gallienus, wearing a radiate crown and sideburns, draped, facing r. Reverse: Inscription in three lines, enclosed within laurel wreath.
Inscriptions: Obverse: IN-I C V IIC CNIILNVS ͰVG (Imperator Gaius Publicus Licinius Gallienus Augustus). Reverse: NOTIS DECENNA-LIBVS (Vows on the Tenth Anniversary).
Bibliography: RIC V 258 var. (Joint Reign)
Notes: As opposed to the RIC type, the inscription does not include 'S C'.
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