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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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