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ID number: BIRBI-R1029 Object type: Coin
Institution: The Barber Institute of Fine Arts Named collection: G. Haines Collection Collector: Haines, Geoffrey Maker: Titus; Rome Denomination: Denarius Place made: Rome Culture: Roman Date made: AD 80 Metal: Silver Diameter (cm): 1.90 Weight (g): 3.21 Axis (degrees): 180.00 Provenance: Haines 2127. A. H. Baldwin 1942. |

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Description: Obverse: Bust of Titus, laureate, r. Reverse: Elephant l.
Inscriptions: Obverse: (anticlockwise) IMP TITVS CΛES VESPΛSIΛN ΛVC P M (Emperor Titus Caesar Vespasian Augustus, head of the principal college of priests). Reverse: TR P IX IMP XV COS VIII P P (Tribune of the people for the ninth time, Emperor for the fifteenth time, Consul for the eighth time, father of the fatherland).
Bibliography: RIC II 2nd ed. 115
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