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ID number: BIRBI-R1228 Object type: Coin
Institution: The Barber Institute of Fine Arts Named collection: G. Haines Collection Collector: Haines, Geoffrey Maker: Marcus Aurelius; Rome Denomination: Denarius Place made: Rome Culture: Roman Date made: 166 Metal: Silver Diameter (cm): 1.95 Weight (g): 3.28 Axis (degrees): 180.00 Provenance: Haines 1059. W. S. Lincoln, 1929. |
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Description: Obverse: Head of Marcus Aurelius, wearing laurel wreath and bearded, facing r. Reverse: Victory, naked to waist, standing frontally, head to r., holding palm, upright, in r. and with l. fixing shield (inscribed VIC PAR) on palm-tree to r.
Inscriptions: Obverse: M ΛNTONINVS ΛVC ΛRM P/\∩TH MΛX (Marcus Antoninus Augustus, Great Victory over Armeria and Parthia). Reverse: TR P XX IMP IIII COS III VIC PAR (Tribune for the Twentieth Time, Imperator for the Fourth Time, Consul for the Third Time; Victory in Parthia).
Bibliography: RIC III 163.
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