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ID number: BIRBI-R0057 Object type: Coin
Institution: The Barber Institute of Fine Arts Named collection: G. Haines Collection Collector: Haines, Geoffrey Maker: Roman Republic; Rome Denomination: Aes Grave Sextans Place made: Rome Culture: Roman Date made: 217-215 BC Metal: Base metal Diameter (cm): 3.00 Weight (g): 29.58 Axis (degrees): 0.00 Provenance: Haines 446. bt Lincoln & Son 1921 |

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Description: Obverse: Head of Mercury, facing right. Above are two dots (oo), denoting the coin a sextans. Reverse: A prow facing right; above, it reads ROMA; below are two dots (oo).
Inscriptions: Obverse: None. Reverse: ROMA.
Bibliography: RRCI 38/5
Notes: Struck; semilibral coin.
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