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Numismatics

ID number:  BIRBI-R1393
Object type:  Coin
Institution:  The Barber Institute of Fine Arts
Named collection:  G. Haines Collection
Collector:  Haines, Geoffrey
Maker:  Septimius Severus; Caracalla; Rome
Denomination:  Sestertius
Place made:  Rome
Culture:  Roman
Date made:  196-197
Metal:  Base metal
Diameter (cm):  3.35
Weight (g):  23.16
Axis (degrees):  0.00
Provenance:  Haines 3355. A. H. Baldwin, 1957.
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Description:  Obverse: Head of Caracalla, bare and draped, facing r. Reverse: Spes, draped and advancing facing l., holding flower upright in extended r. and raising skirt with l.

Inscriptions:  Obverse: M AVR ΛNTONINVS CΛES (Marcus Aurelius Antoninus Caesar). Reverse: SPEI.PE-RPETVA S C (Perpetual Hope; S C - Translation Disputed).

Bibliography:  RIC IV 401

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