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ID number:  BIRBI-R1227
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:  165
Metal:  Silver
Diameter (cm):  1.80
Weight (g):  3.42
Axis (degrees):  0.00
Provenance:  Haines 3148. Spink, 1957.
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Description:  Obverse: Head of Marcus Aurelius, wearing laurel wreath and bearded, facing r. Reverse: Roma, helmeted and draped, seated facing l. on low seat, holding palladium in extended r. and parazonium in l.: at side, r., round shield.

Inscriptions:  Obverse: M ΛNTONINVS ΛVC ΛRMENIΛCVS (Marcus Antoninus Augustus Armenicus). Reverse: D M TR P XIX IMP III COS III (Head of the College of the Priests, Tribune for the Nineteenth Time, Imperator for the Third Time, Consul for the Third Time).

Bibliography:  RIC III 138.

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Haines, Geoffrey Colton
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Rome
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