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Numismatics

ID number:  BIRBI-R1281
Object type:  Coin
Institution:  The Barber Institute of Fine Arts
Named collection:  G. Haines Collection
Collector:  Haines, Geoffrey
Maker:  Commodus; Rome
Denomination:  Denarius
Place made:  Rome
Culture:  Roman
Date made:  186-187
Metal:  Silver
Diameter (cm):  1.80
Weight (g):  2.95
Axis (degrees):  0.00
Provenance:  Haines 3478. Prof. Luigi de Nicola, 65 Via del Babuino, Rome, 1959.
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Description:  Obverse: Head of Commodus, wearing laurel wreath and bearded, facing r. Reverse: Commodus, togate and standing facing l., holding branch in r. and transverse sceptre in l.

Inscriptions:  Obverse: M COMM ΛNIv... ΓEL ΛVC BRIT (Marcus Commodus Antoninus Pius Felix Augustus Britannicus). Reverse: PATER SENΛT P M TR... II IMP VIII COS V D D (Father of the Senate, Head of the College of Priests, Tribune for the Twelfth Time, Imperator for the Eighth Time, Consul for the Fifth Time, Father of the Fatherland).

Bibliography:  RIC III 157.

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Rome
Roman;Byzantine;Italian


Commodus
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Haines, Geoffrey Colton
British
1899
1981-09-14
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