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{
    "localId": "23590",
    "label": "Denarius of M. Aburius Geminus",
    "core": "obj",
    "dtoType": "object",
    "citationUrl": "https://purl.thewalters.org/art/59.767"
}

{
    "id": "23590",
    "sourceUrl": "https://purl.thewalters.org/art/59.767",
    "contentType": "object",
    "stage": "normalized",
    "title": "Denarius of M. Aburius Geminus",
    "description": "Obverse: Head of Roma, helmeted, right; beaded border.  Reverse: Sol in quadriga (4-horse chariot), right, holding reins in left hand, whip in right; beaded border.  The inscription ROMA should be present on the reverse but does not survive in this example. This coin appears to be missing the expected E in GEM. This does not appear to be a matter of wear and may indicate that this is a modern replica.",
    "provenance": "Mrs. Sidney C. Doolittle, Baltimore, [date and mode of acquisition unknown]; Walters Art Museum, 1974, by gift.",
    "date": "132 BCE (Roman Republican)",
    "citationUrl": "https://purl.thewalters.org/art/59.767",
    "rightsUri": "CC0",
    "language": "en",
    "genreSpecific": [
        "coins"
    ],
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    "thumbnailUrl": "https://art.thewalters.org/images/art/PL7_59.767_Fnt_BW.jpg",
    "largeImageUrl": "https://art.thewalters.org/images/art/PL7_59.767_Fnt_BW.jpg",
    "imageCount": 1,
    "pageCount": 1,
    "source": "import",
    "dimensionsRaw": "Max diam: 3/4 in. (1.95 cm); axis: 6:00"
}

{
    "cul": "Roman",
    "inscriptions": [
        "[Inscription",
        "Latin; obverse] G< E >M(inus) [Translation] Geminus [Inscription",
        "Latin; reverse] M(arcus) ABVRI(us) [Translation] Marcus Aburius"
    ],
    "med": "silver; struck",
    "creator_ids": [
        "6191"
    ],
    "collection_ids": [],
    "exhibition_ids": []
}

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    "seq": 1,
    "pageIndex": 0,
    "type": "photo",
    "url": "https://art.thewalters.org/images/raw/PL7_59.767_Fnt_BW.jpg",
    "mediaId": "1f0916b1d6e30d6e"
}