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{
    "localId": "29900",
    "label": "Sestertius of Titus",
    "core": "obj",
    "dtoType": "object",
    "citationUrl": "https://purl.thewalters.org/art/59.645"
}

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    "id": "29900",
    "sourceUrl": "https://purl.thewalters.org/art/59.645",
    "contentType": "object",
    "stage": "normalized",
    "title": "Sestertius of Titus",
    "description": "Obverse: Head of Titus, laureate, right; beaded border.  Reverse: Spes, draped, stepping forward left, holding the hem of her skirt with the left hand, a flower in her outstretched right hand; beaded border. This sestertius was worth 1/100 of a gold aureus.",
    "provenance": "Harold Landon, Baltimore, [date and mode of acquisition unknown]; Walters Art Museum, 1943, by gift.",
    "date": "80 CE (Roman Imperial)",
    "citationUrl": "https://purl.thewalters.org/art/59.645",
    "rightsUri": "CC0",
    "language": "en",
    "genreSpecific": [
        "coins"
    ],
    "iiifBase": "https://art.thewalters.org/images/art/PS3_59.645_Obverse_DD_T15.jpg",
    "thumbnailUrl": "https://art.thewalters.org/images/art/PS3_59.645_Obverse_DD_T15.jpg",
    "largeImageUrl": "https://art.thewalters.org/images/art/PS3_59.645_Obverse_DD_T15.jpg",
    "imageCount": 2,
    "pageCount": 2,
    "source": "import",
    "dimensionsRaw": "Max diam: 1 5/16 in. (3.3 cm)"
}

{
    "cul": "Roman",
    "inscriptions": [
        "[Inscription",
        "Latin; obverse] IMP(erator) T(itus) CAES(ar) VESP(asianus) AVG(ustus) P(ontifex) M(aximus) TR(ibuniciae) P(otestate) P(ater) P(atriae) CO(n)S(ul) VIII [Translation] Imperator",
        "Titus Caesar Vespasian Augustus",
        "pontifex maximus",
        "with tribunician power",
        "father of his country",
        "consul for the 8th time [Inscription",
        "Latin; reverse] S(enatus) C(onsulto) [Translation] By senatorial decree"
    ],
    "dynasty": "Flavian Dynasty",
    "reign": "Titus (AD 79-81)",
    "med": "bronze; struck",
    "creator_ids": [
        "6191"
    ],
    "collection_ids": [
        "ROM",
        "NUM"
    ],
    "exhibition_ids": [
        "3360"
    ]
}

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    "seq": 1,
    "pageIndex": 0,
    "type": "photo",
    "url": "https://art.thewalters.org/images/raw/PS3_59.645_Obverse_DD_T15.jpg",
    "mediaId": "6b8f8227eaf96e84"
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