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ID number: BIRBI-R1189 Object type: Coin
Institution: The Barber Institute of Fine Arts Named collection: G. Haines Collection Collector: Haines, Geoffrey Maker: Antoninus Pius; Marcus Aurelius; Rome Denomination: Denarius Place made: Rome Culture: Roman Date made: 148-149 Metal: Silver Diameter (cm): 1.95 Weight (g): 3.32 Axis (degrees): 180.00 Provenance: Haines 277. W. S. Lincoln, 1920. |

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Description: Obverse: Head of Marcus Aurelius, bare, facing r. Reverse: Providentia standing facing l., leaning on a column, pointing with wand in r. at globe to l., and holding sceptre in l.
Inscriptions: Obverse: ΛVI\FLIVS CA-ESΛR ΛVG PII Γ (Marcus Aurelius, Caesar, Pious Son of the Augustus, Consul). Reverse: TR POT III COS II. (Tribune for the Third Time, Consul for the Second Time).
Bibliography: RIC III 446.
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