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Numismatics ID number: BIRBI-R0491 Object type: Coin Institution: The Barber Institute of Fine Arts Named collection: G. Haines Collection Collector: Haines, Geoffrey Maker: C. Marcius Censorinus; Rome Denomination: As Place made: Rome Culture: Roman Date made: 88 BC Metal: Bronze Diameter (cm): 2.70 Weight (g): 10.70 Axis (degrees): 315.00 Provenance: Haines 2490. bt Spink 1949. |
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Description: Obverse: Jugate head of a bearded Numa Pompilius, wearing a head-band, and a non-bearded Ancus Marius. Reverse: Two arches; beneath left arch, a spiral column bearing a statue of Victory; protruding from right arch is a prow. Inscriptions: Obverse: from right to left - ANCVS MAR CI ...PILI. Reverse: Above the arches - ...ENSO; below the arches - ...OMA. Bibliography: RRCI 346/3 Notes: Crawford (p.361) suggests the arches represent ship-sheds at the port of Ostia. |
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3 Related People | |
| Rome Roman;Byzantine;Italian | |
| Haines, Geoffrey Colton British 1899 1981-09-14 | |
| C. Marcius Censorinus Roman | |
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