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ID number:  BIRBI-R1364
Object type:  Coin
Institution:  The Barber Institute of Fine Arts
Named collection:  G. Haines Collection
Collector:  Haines, Geoffrey
Maker:  Caracalla; Rome
Denomination:  Denarius
Place made:  Rome
Culture:  Roman
Date made:  211
Metal:  Silver
Diameter (cm):  1.95
Weight (g):  2.94
Axis (degrees):  225.00
Provenance:  Haines 3997. A. H. Baldwin, 1963.
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Description:  Obverse: Head of Caracalla, wearing laurel wreath and bearded, facing r. Reverse: Victory, winged and draped, advancing facing r. on prow, holding wreath in extended r. and palm sloped over l. shoulder in l.

Inscriptions:  Obverse: ANTONINVS PIVS AVG BRIT (Antoninus Pius Augustus Britannicus). Reverse: D M TR P XIIII COS III P P (Head of the College of Priests, Tribune for the Fourteenth Time, Consul for the Third Time, Father of the Fatherland).

Bibliography:  RIC IV 185

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Haines, Geoffrey Colton
British
1899
1981-09-14
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