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ID number: BIRBI-R1398 Object type: Coin
Institution: The Barber Institute of Fine Arts Named collection: G. Haines Collection Collector: Haines, Geoffrey Maker: Caracalla; Rome Denomination: Dupondius Place made: Rome Culture: Roman Date made: 213 Metal: Base metal Diameter (cm): 2.50 Weight (g): 12.37 Axis (degrees): 0.00 Provenance: Haines 721. W. S. Lincoln, 1924. |

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Description: Obverse: Head of Caracalla, wearing radiate crown and bearded, facing r. Reverse: Serapis, standing facing l., raising r. and holding sceptre in l.
Inscriptions: Obverse: ΔNTONINVϚ PIVS AVG BRIT (Antoninus Pius Augustus Britannicus). Reverse: P M TR 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 502
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