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Numismatics ID number: BIRBI-R1258 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: 176-177 Metal: Base metal Diameter (cm): 3.20 Weight (g): 20.55 Axis (degrees): 0.00 Provenance: Haines 1419. W. S. Lincoln, 1932. |
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Description: Obverse: Head of Marcus Aurelius, wearing laurel wreath and bearded, facing r. Reverse: Pile of arms. Inscriptions: Obverse: M ΛNTONINVS AVC GERMS ΛRM TR P XXXI (Marcus Antoninus Augustus, [Victor over] the Germans and Sarmatians, Tribune for the Thirty-First Time). Reverse: TMΛ VIII COS III P P S C (Imperator for the Eighth Time, Consul for the Third Time, Father of the Fatherland, S C; Translation Disputed). In Exergue: DE GER...S (Conquered the Germans) Bibliography: RIC III 1184. Notes: Type suggests that the reverse should be arms, however, looks distinctly like leaves. |
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| Marcus Aurelius Roman 121 180 | |
| Haines, Geoffrey Colton British 1899 1981-09-14 | |
| Rome Roman;Byzantine;Italian | |
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