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Numismatics

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.

3 Related People

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Haines, Geoffrey Colton
British
1899
1981-09-14
Rome
Roman;Byzantine;Italian


Commodus
Roman
161
192
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