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ID number: BIRBI-R2462 Object type: Coin
Institution: The Barber Institute of Fine Arts Named collection: G. Haines Collection Collector: Haines, Geoffrey Maker: Macrianus; Antioch Denomination: Antoninianus Place made: Eurasia: Antioch Culture: Roman Date made: 260-261 Metal: Billon Diameter (cm): 1.90 Weight (g): 3.09 Axis (degrees): 315.00 Provenance: Haines 887. Col. Allotte de la Fuye Sale, Paris, 1925. |
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Description: Obverse: Head of Macrianus, wearing radiate crown, cuirassed, facing r. Reverse: Mars, helmeted and in military attire, walking facing r., holding spear in r. and shield in l.; trophy held under arm and * in field, to r.
Inscriptions: Obverse: IMP C FVL MACRIENVS P F AVG (Imperator Caesar Fulvius Macrianus Pius Felix Augustus). Reverse: MHRTI PROPVCNHTOI (To Mars, the Defender).
Bibliography: RIC V 10 var.
Notes: As opposed to the RIC type, Mars holds a trophy under arm on the reverse and the * is in the field but to the r. on this coin.
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