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ID number:  BIRBI-R1369
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:  210-213
Metal:  Silver
Diameter (cm):  1.90
Weight (g):  3.29
Axis (degrees):  0.00
Provenance:  Haines 3929. A. H. Baldwin, 1962.
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Description:  Obverse: Head of Caracalla, wearing laurel wreath and bearded, facing r. Reverse: Indulgentia, wearing polos, seated facing l. on curule chair, extending her r. and holding sceptre in l.

Inscriptions:  Obverse: ANTONINVS PIVS AVG BRIT (Antoninus Pius Augustus Britannicus). Reverse: INDVLG FE-GVNDAE (Fruitful Indulgence).

Bibliography:  RIC IV 214

Notes:  RIC IV suggests that the personification on the reverse could be Julia Domna.

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