Online Collections at UoB - Objects
Go to the Advanced Search
<< Viewing Record 57 of 3000 >>
View : Light Box | List View | Image List | Detailed
 


Your search has been limited to 3000 records. As your search has brought back a large number of records consider using the 'Advanced Search' feature which enables you to use more search terms to bring back a more accurate set of records.
 


Numismatics

ID number:  BIRBI-R0088
Object type:  Coin
Institution:  The Barber Institute of Fine Arts
Named collection:  G. Haines Collection
Collector:  Haines, Geoffrey Colton
Maker:  Roman Republic; Rome
Denomination:  60-As Gold Piece
Place made:  Rome
Culture:  Roman
Date made:  from 211 BC
Metal:  Gold
Diameter (cm):  1.40
Weight (g):  3.35
Axis (degrees):  135.00
Provenance:  Haines 3842 via Baldwin & Sons 1962. Purchased out of legacy bequeathed by the late Mrs. M.E. Barnes.
BIRBI-R0088.jpg

Description:  Obverse: Head of Mars, weaing a Corinthian helmet, facing r.; behind, are the symbols: ↓ X. Border of dots. Reverse: Eagle on a thunderbolt, facing r.; below it reads, ROMA. No border.

Inscriptions:  Obverse: None. Reverse: ROMA.

Bibliography:  RRCI 44/2

Notes:  The obverse contains the symbols: ↓ X (denoting the coin as worth sixty asses).

3 Related People

Haines_Geoffrey-T.jpg
Haines, Geoffrey Colton
British
1899
1981-09-14
Roman Republic
Roman


Rome
Roman;Byzantine;Italian


<< Viewing Record 57 of 3000 >>