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ID number: BIRBI-RE0982 Object type: Coin
Institution: The Barber Institute of Fine Arts Named collection: P. D. Whitting Collection Collector: Whitting, Philip D. Maker: Carus; Alexandria Denomination: Tetradrachm Place made: Africa: Egypt, Lower Egypt, Alexandria Culture: Roman Egyptian Metal: Base metal Diameter (cm): 1.95 Weight (g): 7.56 Axis (degrees): 0.00 Provenance: Whitting 7136. A. H. Baldwin, December 1969. |
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Description: Obverse: Bust of Carus, bearded, laureate, r. Reverse: Altar on two steps with wreath on column, flames atop.
Inscriptions: Obverse: θЄω ΚΑΡω CЄB (Divine Carus Augustus). Reverse: ΛΦΙЄ ΡωCIC (from the holy).
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