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ID number: BIRBI-R1254 Object type: Coin
Institution: The Barber Institute of Fine Arts Named collection: G. Haines Collection Collector: Haines, Geoffrey Maker: Marcus Aurelius; Rome Denomination: Dupondius Place made: Rome Culture: Roman Date made: 170-171 Metal: Base metal Diameter (cm): 2.50 Weight (g): 10.33 Axis (degrees): 0.00 Provenance: Haines 36. A. H. Baldwin, 1921. |

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Description: Obverse: Head of Marcus Aurelius, wearing radiate crown and bearded, facing r. Reverse: Victory, winged and naked to waist, standing frontally, head facing r., setting on palm-tree, to r., a shield inscribed VIC GER.
Inscriptions: Obverse: M ΛNTONINV5 ΛVG TR Γ XXV (Marcus Antoninus Augustus, Tribune for the Twenty-Fifth Time). Reverse: ɪMP VI CO5 III S C VIC CER (Imperator for the Sixth Time, Consul for the Third Time, S C; Translation Disputed, Victory over the Germans).
Bibliography: RIC III 1002.
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