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ID number: BIRBI-R1938 Object type: Coin
Institution: The Barber Institute of Fine Arts Named collection: G. Haines Collection Collector: Haines, Geoffrey Maker: Gallienus; Asia Minor Denomination: Antoninianus Place made: Asia Minor Culture: Roman Date made: AD 260-268 Metal: Silver and base metal Diameter (cm): 2.30 Weight (g): 3.45 Axis (degrees): 315.00 Provenance: Haines 2969. Presented by Mr F. S. Snow. |

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Description: Obverse: Head of Gallienus, wearing radiate crown and beard, draped and cuirassed, facing r. Reverse: She-wolf, standing facing l., suckling Romulus and Remus.
Inscriptions: Obverse: GALLIENVS HVG (Gallienus Augustus). Reverse: AETERNITAS HVG ([Dedicated to] The Eternity of the Emperor).
Bibliography: RIC V 628
Notes: If there was a branch in the exergue of the reverse, this is no longer visible due to corrosion.
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