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ID number: BIRBI-R1296 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: 192 Metal: Base metal Diameter (cm): 3.15 Weight (g): 22.34 Axis (degrees): 0.00 Provenance: Haines 3507. G. Fallani, 58A Via del Babuino, Rome, 1959. |
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Description: Obverse: Head of Commodus, wearing lion skin and bearded, facing r. Reverse: Upright club surrounded by laurel wreath, with inscription in four lines.
Inscriptions: Obverse: ΛEL. AVREL.COMM ΛVG P FEL (Aelius Aurelius Commodus Augustus Pius Felix). Reverse: HEF-CVL ROM-ANO AV-GV S C (Hercules, Roman Augustus, S C; Translation Disputed).
Bibliography: RIC III 637.
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