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ID number: BIRBI-R1219 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: Sestertius Place made: Rome Culture: Roman Date made: 151-152 Metal: Base metal Diameter (cm): 3.25 Weight (g): 25.18 Axis (degrees): 180.00 Provenance: Haines 3506. G. Fallani, 58A Via dei Babuino, Rome, 1959. |

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Description: Obverse: Head of Marcus Aurelius, bare, facing r. Reverse: Honos, draped and standing frontally, head to l., holding branch in extended r. hand and cornucopia in l.
Inscriptions: Obverse: ΛVRELIVS CΛESΛR ANTONINI ΛVG PɪI FIL (Aurelius Caesar, Pious Son of Antoninus Augustus). Reverse: TR POT VI CO5 II HONOS S C (Tribune for the Sixth Time, Consul for the Second Time, Honos, S C; Translation Disputed).
Bibliography: RIC III 1303.
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