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Numismatics

ID number:  BIRBI-R1964
Object type:  Coin
Institution:  The Barber Institute of Fine Arts
Named collection:  G. Haines Collection
Collector:  Haines, Geoffrey
Maker:  Claudius II Gothicus; Rome
Denomination:  Antoninianus
Place made:  Europe: Italy, Rome
Culture:  Roman
Date made:  268-70
Metal:  Billon
Diameter (cm):  2.25
Weight (g):  3.23
Axis (degrees):  0.00
Provenance:  Haines 3849. A. H. Baldwin, 1962.
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Description:  Obverse: Head of Claudius, wearing radiate crown and beard, draped and cuirassed, facing r. Reverse: Felicitas, draped, standing facing l., holding caduceus in r. and sceptre in l.

Inscriptions:  Obverse: IΠΠP C CLHVDIVS HVC (Imperator Caesar Claudius Augustus). Reverse: FcLIC-ITHS HVC (To the Good Fortune of the Emperor).

Bibliography:  RIC V 32 var.

Notes:  As opposed to RIC type, the figure on the obverse is both draped and cuirassed.

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