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ID number: BIRBI-R1291 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: 184 Metal: Base metal Diameter (cm): 3.25 Weight (g): 21.90 Axis (degrees): 0.00 Provenance: Haines 1841. Ex L. G. P. Messenger Collection, 1935. |

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Description: Obverse: Head of Commodus, wearing laurel wreath and bearded, facing r. Reverse: Victory, winged and draped, seated facing r. on shields, inscribing shield set on knee and held in place by l.hand.
Inscriptions: Obverse: M COMMODVS ANT-...ɪ ΛVG PIVS BHIT (Marcus Commodus Antoninus Pius Augustus Britannicus). Reverse: P M TP P ɪ ... VII COC IIII P Γ S C (Head of the College of Priests, Tribune for the Ninth Time, Imperator for the Sixth Time, Consul for the Fourth Time, Father of the Fatherland, S C; Translation Disputed). In Exergue: VICT BΠIT (Victory over the Britons).
Bibliography: RIC III 440.
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