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ID number: BIRBI-R0132 Object type: Coin
Institution: The Barber Institute of Fine Arts Named collection: G. Haines Collection Maker: Roman Republic; Sardinia Denomination: Sextans Place made: Sardinia Culture: Roman Date made: 210 BC Metal: Base metal Weight (g): 4.41 Axis (degrees): 90.00 |

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Description: Obverse: Head of Mercury, facing right; above are two dots (oo). Reverse: Prow, facing right; above, ROMA; before Σ (an M rotated 270 degrees clockwise); below are two dots (oo).
Inscriptions: Obverse: None. Reverse: ROMA.
Bibliography: RRCI 64/6b
Notes: MA type. Probably struck by P. Manlius Vulso (see RRCI pp. 32, 166)
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