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ID number: BIRBI-R1380 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: 213-217 Metal: Silver Diameter (cm): 1.90 Weight (g): 3.09 Axis (degrees): 0.00 Provenance: Haines 945. Seaby, 1928. |
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Description: Obverse: Head of Caracalla, wearing laurel wreath, and bearded, facing r. Reverse: Liberalitas, draped and standing facing l., holding abacus in r. and cornucopiae in l.
Inscriptions: Obverse: ANTONINVS PIVS ∆VG GERɪvɪ (Antoninus Pius Augustus Germanicus). Reverse: LɪBERAL AVG VIIII (The Generosity of the Emperor, Nine).
Bibliography: RIC IV 302
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