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Numismatics

ID number:  BIRBI-R1261
Object type:  Coin
Institution:  The Barber Institute of Fine Arts
Named collection:  G. Haines Collection
Collector:  Haines, Geoffrey
Maker:  Lucius Verus; Marcus Aurelius; Rome
Denomination:  As
Place made:  Rome
Culture:  Roman
Date made:  162-163
Metal:  Base metal
Diameter (cm):  2.65
Weight (g):  11.50
Axis (degrees):  0.00
Provenance:  Haines 3446. Spink, 1959.
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Description:  Obverse: Head of Lucius Verus, bare but bearded, facing r. Reverse: Lucius Verus, in military dress, sitting on horse facing r. and prancing to r., holding transverse spear in both hands.

Inscriptions:  Obverse: IMP CΛES L ΛVREL VERVS AVG (Imperator Caesar Lucius Aurelius Verus Augustus). Reverse: PROFECTIO ΛVG TR P III S C (Travels of the Emperor, Tribune for the Third Time, S C; Translation Disputed). In Exergue: ...OS II (Consul for the Second Time).

Bibliography:  RIC III 1356.

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Haines, Geoffrey Colton
British
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