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ID number: BIRBI-R0078 Object type: Coin
Institution: The Barber Institute of Fine Arts Maker: Roman Republic; Rome Denomination: Semuncia Place made: Rome Culture: Roman Date made: 215-212 BC Metal: Base metal Diameter (cm): 2.00 Weight (g): 7.19 Axis (degrees): 315.00 |

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Description: Obverse: Head of Mercury, facing r., with winged hat. Head of Mercury, has a wider brimmed hat than that of the specimen in Crawford (RRCI 41/11). Reverse: A prow facing right; above it reads ROMA.
Inscriptions: Obverse: None. Reverse: ROMA.
Bibliography: RRCI 41/11
Notes: Post-Semilibral; struck coin.
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