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Numismatics

ID number:  BIRBI-R1225
Object type:  Coin
Institution:  The Barber Institute of Fine Arts
Named collection:  G. Haines Collection
Collector:  Haines, Geoffrey
Maker:  Marcus Aurelius; Rome
Denomination:  Denarius
Place made:  Rome
Culture:  Roman
Date made:  163-164
Metal:  Silver
Diameter (cm):  1.85
Weight (g):  3.49
Axis (degrees):  180.00
Provenance:  Haines 54. W. S. Lincoln, 1920.
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Description:  Obverse: Head of Marcus Aurelius, wearing a laurel wreath and bearded, facing r. Reverse: Armenia, seated l. on ground in mournful attitude; before her, vexillim and shield; l. rests on bow.

Inscriptions:  Obverse: ΛNTONINVS ΛVC ΛPMENIΛCSS (Antoninus Augustus Armeniacus). Reverse: P M TR P XVIII IMP II COS III (Head of the College of Priests, Tribune for the Eighteenth Time, Imperator for the Second Time, Consul for the Third Time). In Exergue: ΛRMEN (Armenia).

Bibliography:  RIC III 81.

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Haines, Geoffrey Colton
British
1899
1981-09-14
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