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ID number: BIRBI-R2433 Object type: Coin
Institution: The Barber Institute of Fine Arts Named collection: G. Haines Collection Collector: Haines, Geoffrey Maker: Tetricus I; Tetricus II; Gaul Denomination: Antoninianus Place made: Europe: France Culture: Roman Date made: 273-274 Metal: Base metal Diameter (cm): 2.05 Weight (g): 2.73 Axis (degrees): 180.00 Provenance: Haines 981. Sundry Purchase, 1928. |

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Description: Obverse: Head of Tetricus, wearing radiate crown, draped, facing r. Reverse: Spes, draped, walking facing l., holding flower in r. and raising robe with l.
Inscriptions: Obverse: C PIV ESV TEIHICVS CΛES (Gaius Pius Esuvius Tetricus Caesar). Reverse: SPE-S PVBLICH (The Hope of the Public).
Bibliography: RIC V 272
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