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ID number: BIRBI-R1263 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: As Place made: Rome Culture: Roman Date made: 164-165 Metal: Base metal Diameter (cm): 2.60 Weight (g): 12.08 Axis (degrees): 0.00 Provenance: Haines 3833. A. H. Baldwin, 1961. |
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Description: Obverse: Head of Lucius Verus, bare but bearded, facing r. Reverse: Liberalitas, draped and standing facing l., holding abacus in r. and cornucopia in l.
Inscriptions: Obverse: L VERVS ΛVC ΛRMENIΛCVS (Lucius Verus Augustus Armeniacus). Reverse: []TBERΛL ΛVG TR P V IMP II COS II S C (Imperial Freedom, Tribune for the Fifth Time, Imperator for the Second Time, Consul for the Second Time, S C; Translation Disputed).
Bibliography: RIC III 1416.
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