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ID number: BIRBI-R1293 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: 186-187 Metal: Base metal Diameter (cm): 3.10 Weight (g): 23.90 Axis (degrees): 0.00 Provenance: Haines 480. W. S. Lincoln, 1921. |

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Description: Obverse: Head of Commodus, wearing laurel wreath and bearded, facing r. Reverse: Virtus, helmeted, in military attire, standing facing l., holding Victory in extended r. and leaning on shield; spear rests against l.
Inscriptions: Obverse: M COMMODVS ANT P FELIX ΛVG BRII (Marcus Commodus Antoninus Pius Felix Augustus Britannicus). Reverse: VIRTVΓI ΛVG P M TΠ P XII.IMP VIIII COS V P P S C (Valour of the Emperor, Head of the College of Priests, Tribune for the Twelfth Time, Imperator for the Ninth Time, Consul for the Fifth Time, Father of the Fatherland, S C; Translation Disputed).
Bibliography: RIC III 505.
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