Numismatics
ID number: BIRBI-R1396 Object type: Coin
Institution: The Barber Institute of Fine Arts Named collection: G. Haines Collection Collector: Haines, Geoffrey Maker: Caracalla; Rome Denomination: Sestertius Place made: Rome Culture: Roman Date made: 213 Metal: Base metal Diameter (cm): 3.15 Weight (g): 25.45 Axis (degrees): 45.00 Provenance: Haines 1806. J. H. Daniels, 12, Buxton Road, Brighton, Sussex, 1934. |

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Description: Obverse: Head of Caracalla, wearing laurel wreath, draped, cuirassed, and bearded, facing r. Reverse: Mars, helmeted and standing facing l., holding Victory in extended r. and resting l. on shield, spear leaning against l. arm; at feet, l., captive seated.
Inscriptions: Obverse: ɪɪ …VREL ANTONINVS PIVS AVC BRɪɪ (Marcus Aurelius Antoninus Pius Augustus Britannicus). Reverse: P M IR P XVI COS IIII P P S C (Head of the College of the Priests, Tribune for the Sixteenth Time, Consul for the Fourth Time, Father of the Fatherland; S C - Translation Disputed).
Bibliography: RIC IV 496B
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