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ID number: BIRBI-R1279 Object type: Coin
Institution: The Barber Institute of Fine Arts Named collection: G. Haines Collection Collector: Haines, Geoffrey Maker: Commodus; Rome Denomination: Denarius Place made: Rome Culture: Roman Date made: 183 Metal: Silver Diameter (cm): 1.75 Weight (g): 3.48 Axis (degrees): 45.00 Provenance: Haines 3075. G. Fallani, 58A Via del Babuino, Rome, 1956. |

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Description: Obverse: Head of Commodus, wearing laurel wreath and bearded, facing r. Reverse: Minerva, helmeted, draped and advancing facing r. brandishing javelin in r. and holding shield in l.
Inscriptions: Obverse: M COMMODVS ΛNION ΛVG PIVS (Marcus Commodus Antoninus Augustus Pius). Reverse: TR P VIII IMD VI COS IIII P P (Tribune for the Eighth Time, Imperator for the Sixth Time, Consul for the Fourth Time, Father of the Fatherland).
Bibliography: RIC III 56.
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