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Numismatics

ID number:  BIRBI-R0825
Object type:  Coin
Institution:  The Barber Institute of Fine Arts
Named collection:  G. Haines Collection
Collector:  Haines, Geoffrey
Maker:  Q. Oppius; Laodiceia ad Lycum
Denomination:  As
Place made:  Laodicea ad Lycum
Culture:  Roman
Date made:  88 BC
Metal:  Base metal
Diameter (cm):  2.60
Weight (g):  14.27
Axis (degrees):  0.00
Provenance:  Haines 2988. A. H. Baldwin, 1954.
BIRBI-R0825.jpg

Description:  Obverse: Head of Venus facing r., diademed. Behinder her, capricorn. Border of dots.
Reverse: Victory walking l., with palm-branch in r. hand and bowl of fruit in l. hand. Border of dots.

Inscriptions:  Obverse: no inscription.
Reverse: V · OPPIVS · PR (Quintus Oppius, Prætor).

Bibliography:  RRC 550/2d

Notes:  Not certainly a Roman issue; see Crawford

3 Related People

Laodiceia ad Lycum
Roman;Byzantine;Islamic;Turkish


Q. Oppius
Roman


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