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ID number:  BIRBI-R1224
Object type:  Coin
Institution:  The Barber Institute of Fine Arts
Named collection:  G. Haines Collection
Collector:  Haines, Geoffrey
Maker:  Marcus Aurelius; Rome
Denomination:  Denarius
Place made:  Rome
Culture:  Roman
Date made:  161-162
Metal:  Silver
Diameter (cm):  1.80
Weight (g):  3.26
Axis (degrees):  0.00
Provenance:  Haines 278. W. S. Lincoln, 1920.
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Description:  Obverse: Head of Marcus Aurelius, bare but bearded, facing r. Reverse: Providentia, draped and standing facing l., holding globe in extended r. and cornucopia in l.

Inscriptions:  Obverse: IMP M ΛVRFL ΛNTONINVS ΛVC (Imperator Marcus Aurelius Antoninus Augustus). Reverse: PROV DΓOR TR P XVI COS III (Providence of the Gods, Tribune for the Sixteenth Time, Consul for the Third Time).

Bibliography:  RIC III 50.

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Rome
Roman;Byzantine;Italian


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Haines, Geoffrey Colton
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