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ID number: BIRBI-R1260 Object type: Coin
Institution: The Barber Institute of Fine Arts Named collection: G. Haines Collection Collector: Haines, Geoffrey Maker: Lucius Verus; Marcus Aurelius; Rome Denomination: Sestertius Place made: Rome Culture: Roman Date made: 161 Metal: Base metal Diameter (cm): 3.50 Weight (g): 25.89 Axis (degrees): 315.00 Provenance: Haines 483. W. S. Lincoln, 1921. |

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Description: Obverse: Head of Lucius Verus, bare but bearded, draped and cuirassed, facing r. Reverse: Marcus Aurelius and Lucius Verus, togate, standing facing r. and l., towards one another, and clasping r. hands.
Inscriptions: Obverse: IMP CΛES L ΛVREL VERVS ΛVG (Imperator Caesar Lucius Aurelius Verus Augustus). Reverse: CONCORD ΛVGVSTOR TR P S C (Concord of the Emperors, Tribune, S C; Translation Disputed). In Exergue: COS II (Consul for the Second Time).
Bibliography: RIC III 1282.
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