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    "localId": "40786",
    "label": "Denarius of Marcus Aurelius",
    "core": "obj",
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    "citationUrl": "https://purl.thewalters.org/art/59.769"
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    "id": "40786",
    "sourceUrl": "https://purl.thewalters.org/art/59.769",
    "contentType": "object",
    "stage": "normalized",
    "title": "Denarius of Marcus Aurelius",
    "description": "Obverse: Head of Marcus Aurelius, laureate, right. Reverse: Defeated Armenia seated on ground left, left hand on bow; vexillum (military standard) and shield to left. This is an honorific coin celebrating Lucius Verus’ capture of Artaxata, the capital of Armenia, in 163 CE as part of the larger war between Rome and the Parthian Empire. Although Verus assumed the honorific title Armeniacus in 163, Marcus Aurelius didn’t assume it until the following year.",
    "provenance": "Mrs. Sidney C. Doolittle, Baltimore, [date and mode of acquisition unknown]; Walters Art Museum, 1974, by gift.",
    "date": "164 CE (Roman Imperial)",
    "citationUrl": "https://purl.thewalters.org/art/59.769",
    "rightsUri": "CC0",
    "language": "en",
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        "coins"
    ],
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    "largeImageUrl": "https://art.thewalters.org/images/art/PL7_59.769_Fnt_BW.jpg",
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    "source": "import",
    "dimensionsRaw": "Max diam: 11/16 in. (1.73 cm): axis: 12:00"
}

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    "cul": "Roman",
    "inscriptions": [
        "[Inscription",
        "Latin; obverse] ANTONINVS AVG(ustus) ARMENIACVS [Translation] Antoninus Augustus Armeniacus [Inscription",
        "Latin; reverse] P(ontifex) M(aximus) TR(ibunicia) P(otestas) XVIII IMP(erator) II CO(n)S(ul) III; in exergue",
        "ARMEN(ia) [Translation] Pontifex maximus",
        "with tribunician power for the 18th time",
        "imperator for the second time",
        "consul for the third time; Armenia"
    ],
    "med": "silver; struck",
    "creator_ids": [
        "6191"
    ],
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    "exhibition_ids": []
}

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