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ID number:  BIRBI-R1235
Object type:  Coin
Institution:  The Barber Institute of Fine Arts
Named collection:  G. Haines Collection
Collector:  Haines, Geoffrey
Maker:  Lucius Verus; Marcus Aurelius; Rome
Denomination:  Denarius
Place made:  Rome
Culture:  Roman
Date made:  165
Metal:  Silver
Diameter (cm):  1.85
Weight (g):  2.97
Axis (degrees):  45.00
Provenance:  Haines 3898. A. H. Baldwin 1962.
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Description:  Obverse: Head of Lucius Verus, wearing laurel wreath and bearded, facing r. Reverse: Parthian, seated facing r. on ground, hands bound behind back; at feet, quiver, bow and other arms.

Inscriptions:  Obverse: L VERVS ΛVC ΛRM PΛRTH MΛX (Lucius Verus Augustus, Great Victory Over Armenia and Parthia). Reverse: TR P V IMP III COS II (Tribune for the Fifth Time, Imperator for the Third Time, Consul for the Second Time).

Bibliography:  RIC III 540.

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Haines, Geoffrey Colton
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