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Numismatics

ID number:  BIRBI-R1276
Object type:  Coin
Institution:  The Barber Institute of Fine Arts
Named collection:  G. Haines Collection
Collector:  Haines, Geoffrey
Maker:  Commodus; Rome
Denomination:  Denarius
Place made:  Rome
Culture:  Roman
Date made:  181-182
Metal:  Silver
Diameter (cm):  1.90
Weight (g):  3.62
Axis (degrees):  225.00
Provenance:  Haines 3076. G. Fallani, 58A Via del Babuino, Rome, 1956.
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Description:  Obverse: Head of Commodus, wearing laurel wreath and bearded, facing r. Reverse: Providentia, draped and standing facing l., holding wand in r. over globe, set on ground, and sceptre in l.

Inscriptions:  Obverse: M COMMODVS AMTONINVS AVG (Marcus Commodus Antoninus Augustus). Reverse: TR P VII. IMP IIII COS III P P (Tribune for the Seventh Time, Imperator for the Fourth Time, Consul for the Third Time, Father of the Fatherland).

Bibliography:  RIC III 32.

3 Related People

Rome
Roman;Byzantine;Italian


Commodus
Roman
161
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Haines, Geoffrey Colton
British
1899
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