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ID number: BIRBI-R1368 Object type: Coin
Institution: The Barber Institute of Fine Arts Named collection: G. Haines Collection Collector: Haines, Geoffrey Maker: Caracalla; Rome Denomination: Denarius Place made: Rome Culture: Roman Date made: 210-213 Metal: Silver Diameter (cm): 1.90 Weight (g): 2.78 Axis (degrees): 45.00 Provenance: Haines 1476. W. S. Lincoln, 1932. |

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Description: Obverse: Head of Caracalla, wearing laurel wreath and bearded, facing r. Reverse: Fides, standing facing l., holding standard in r. and legionary eagle in l.; to right, a third standard.
Inscriptions: Obverse: ANTONINVS PIVS AVG BRIT (Antoninus Pius Augustus Britannicus). Reverse: FIDEI EXERCITVS (To the Fidelity of the Army)
Bibliography: RIC IV 213
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