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ID number: BIRBI-R1265 Object type: Coin
Institution: The Barber Institute of Fine Arts Named collection: G. Haines Collection Collector: Haines, Geoffrey Maker: Commodus; Marcus Aurelius; Rome Denomination: Sestertius Place made: Rome Culture: Roman Date made: 177 Metal: Base metal Diameter (cm): 3.15 Weight (g): 27.31 Axis (degrees): 135.00 Provenance: Haines 3140. A. H. Baldwin, 1957. |

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Description: Obverse: Head of Commodus, wearing laurel wreath, cuirassed and draped, facing r. Reverse: Pile of arms: cuirass, shields, spears, trumpets, etc.
Inscriptions: Obverse: IMΓ L ΛVΠEL COMMODVS ΛVG GERM SΛRM (Imperator Lucius Aurelius Commodus Augustus, [Victor] over the Germans and Sarmatians). Reverse: TR P II (OS Γ P S C (Tribune for the Second Time, Consul, Father of the Fatherland, S C; Translation Disputed). In Exergue: DE GERMANIS (Conquered the Germans).
Bibliography: RIC III 1570.
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