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Numismatics

ID number:  BIRBI-R0072
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 Triens
Place made:  Rome
Culture:  Roman
Date made:  215-212 BC
Metal:  Base metal
Diameter (cm):  3.10
Weight (g):  22.43
Axis (degrees):  315.00
Provenance:  Haines 2263 via Baldwin & Sons 1943.
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Description:  Obverse: Head of Minerva, facing l., wearing a Corinthian helmet; below her head are four dots (oooo), denoting the coin as a triens. Reverse: Prow facing right, below are four dots (oooo), and above it reads ROMA.

Inscriptions:  Obverse: None. Reverse: ROMA.

Bibliography:  RRCI 41/7b

Notes:  Post-Semilibral; struck coin. A gash on the lower right of the obverse.

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Haines, Geoffrey Colton
British
1899
1981-09-14
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