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ID number:  BIRBI-R1253
Object type:  Coin
Institution:  The Barber Institute of Fine Arts
Named collection:  G. Haines Collection
Collector:  Haines, Geoffrey
Maker:  Marcus Aurelius; Rome
Denomination:  Sestertius
Place made:  Rome
Culture:  Roman
Date made:  163-164
Metal:  Base metal
Diameter (cm):  3.20
Weight (g):  22.52
Axis (degrees):  315.00
Provenance:  Haines 1090. In Paris, 1929.
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Description:  Obverse: Head of Marcus Aurelius, wearing laurel wreath and bearded, facing r. Reverse: Mars, helmeted and in military dress, standing facing r., holding vertical spear in l. and resting round shield on floor, to r., with l.

Inscriptions:  Obverse: M ΛVREL ΛNTONINVS ΛVC ΛHMENIΛCVS P M (Marcus Aurelius Augustus Armeniacus, Head of the College of Priests). Reverse: ɪR P XVIII IMΓ ɪI COS III S C (Tribune for the Eighteenth Time, Imperator for the Second Time, Consul for the Third Time, S C; Translation Disputed).

Bibliography:  RIC III 861.

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