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ID number: BIRBI-R0884 Object type: Coin
Institution: The Barber Institute of Fine Arts Named collection: G. Haines Collection Collector: Haines, Geoffrey Maker: Augustus; Colonia Patricia Denomination: Denarius Place made: Córdoba Culture: Roman Date made: 18 BC Metal: Silver Diameter (cm): 1.90 Weight (g): 3.82 Axis (degrees): 180.00 Provenance: Haines 3738. A. H. Baldwin, 1961. |
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Description: Obverse: Head of Augustus, wearing laurel wreath, facing r. Reverse: Domed tetrastyle temple, in which triumphal currus stands facing r. shaft up, containing aquila and four miniature galloping horses.
Inscriptions: Obverse: CAESARI AVCVSTO (Founded by Caesar Augustus). Reverse: None. In Exergue: S.Γ.Q.R (The Senate and the People of Rome).
Bibliography: RIC I 2nd ed. 115
Notes: Mint attribution uncertain
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