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Numismatics

ID number:  BIRBI-R1241
Object type:  Coin
Institution:  The Barber Institute of Fine Arts
Named collection:  G. Haines Collection
Collector:  Haines, Geoffrey
Maker:  Commodus; Marcus Aurelius; Rome
Denomination:  Denarius
Place made:  Rome
Culture:  Roman
Date made:  177-178
Metal:  Silver
Diameter (cm):  1.90
Weight (g):  3.41
Axis (degrees):  135.00
Provenance:  Haines 1061. W. S. Lincoln, 1929.
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Description:  Obverse: Head of Commodus, wearing laurel wreath, curiassed and draped, facing r. Reverse: Roma, helmeted and draped, standing facing l., holding Victory in extended r. and vertical spear in l.

Inscriptions:  Obverse: L AVREL cOMMODVS ΛVC (Lucius Aurelius Commodus Augustus). Reverse: COS P P (Consul, Father of the Fatherland).

Bibliography:  RIC III 651 (Marcus Aurelius)

4 Related People

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Haines, Geoffrey Colton
British
1899
1981-09-14
Marcus Aurelius
Roman
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Commodus
Roman
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Rome
Roman;Byzantine;Italian


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