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ID number: BIRBI-R0067 Object type: Coin
Institution: The Barber Institute of Fine Arts Named collection: G. Haines Collection Collector: Haines, Geoffrey Colton Maker: Roman Republic; Rome Denomination: Aes Grave Sextans Place made: Rome Culture: Roman Date made: 217-215 BC Metal: Base metal Diameter (cm): 3.10 Weight (g): 24.10 Axis (degrees): 45.00 Provenance: Haines 740 via Baldwin & Sons 1960 |

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Description: Obverse: She-wolf suckling twins (Romulus and Remus); in exergue, two dots (oo), denoting it a sextans. Reverse: An eagle, facing right, holding a flower in its beak; behind are two dots (oo); in front of the eagle reads ROMA.
Inscriptions: Obverse: None. Reverse: ROM[A].
Bibliography: RRCI 39/3
Notes: Semilibral coin.
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