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Numismatics ID number: BIRBI-R1397 Object type: Coin Institution: The Barber Institute of Fine Arts Maker: Caracalla; Rome Denomination: Sestertius Place made: Rome Culture: Roman Date made: 213 Metal: Base metal Diameter (cm): 3.40 Weight (g): 21.40 Axis (degrees): 0.00 Provenance: Barber acquisition 0103B.. A. H. Baldwin, November 1971. |
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Description: Obverse: Head of Caracalla, wearing laurel wreath, cuirassed, and bearded, facing r. Reverse: Circus, showing obelisk, spina, chariots, etc. Inscriptions: Obverse: M AVR A…TONINV… PIVS FELIX AVG (Marcus Aurelius Antoninus Pius, Fortunate Augustus). Reverse: I M ΓR P XVI …MP II (Head of the College of Priests, Tribune for the Sixteenth Time, Imperator for the Second Time). In Exergue: CCS IIII P P Ξ Ξ (Consul for the Fourth Time, Father of the Fatherland; S C - Translation Disputed). Bibliography: RIC IV 500C Notes: Repaired. The Circus on the reverse is likely the Circus Maximus. |
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| Rome Roman;Byzantine;Italian | |
| Caracalla Roman 188 217 | |
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