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Numismatics

ID number:  BIRBI-R1255
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:  170-171
Metal:  Base metal
Diameter (cm):  3.25
Weight (g):  32.00
Axis (degrees):  0.00
Provenance:  Haines 2011. W. S. Lincoln, 1928.
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Description:  Obverse: Head of Marcus Aurelius, wearing laurel wreath and bearded, facing r. Reverse: Inscription in five lines encircled by a oak-wreath.

Inscriptions:  Obverse: IMP M ΛNTONINVS ΛVC TR P XXV (Imperator Marcus Antoninus Augustus, Tribune for the Twenty-Fifth Time). Reverse: PRIMΓ DECEN-NΛLES COS III S C (The First Period of Ten Years, Consul for the Third Time, S C; Translation Disputed).

Bibliography:  RIC III 1006.

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Haines, Geoffrey Colton
British
1899
1981-09-14
Rome
Roman;Byzantine;Italian


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