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ID number: BIRBI-R1290 Object type: Coin
Institution: The Barber Institute of Fine Arts Named collection: G. Haines Collection Collector: Haines, Geoffrey Maker: Commodus; Rome Denomination: Sestertius Place made: Rome Culture: Roman Date made: 183-184 Metal: Base metal Diameter (cm): 3.35 Weight (g): 29.24 Axis (degrees): 45.00 Provenance: Haines 1043. W. S. Lincoln, 1928. |
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Description: Obverse: Head of Commodus, wearing laurel wreath and bearded, facing r. Reverse: Fides, draped and standing facing r., holding corn-ears in r. and a basket of fruits in l. arm
Inscriptions: Obverse: M COMMODVS AN-TONINVS AVG PIVS (Marcus Commodus Antoninus Pius Augustus). Reverse: TR P.VIIII.IMP VI CO-C IIII P.P S C (Tribune for the Ninth Time, Imperator for the Sixth Time, Consul for the Fourth Time, Father of the Fatherland, S C; Translation Disputed).
Bibliography: RIC III 413a.
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