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Numismatics

ID number:  BIRBI-R2279
Object type:  Coin
Institution:  The Barber Institute of Fine Arts
Named collection:  G. Haines Collection
Collector:  Haines, Geoffrey
Maker:  Magnia Urbica; Carus; Carinus; Numerian; Ticinum
Denomination:  Antoninianus
Place made:  Europe: Italy, Lombardy, Pavia
Culture:  Roman
Date made:  282-285
Metal:  Silver and base metal
Diameter (cm):  2.25
Weight (g):  3.16
Axis (degrees):  315.00
Provenance:  Haines 890. Col. Allotte de la Fuye Sale, Paris, 1925.
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Description:  Obverse: Head of Magnia Urbica, diademed, wearing elaborately decorated garment with necklace, on crescent, facing r. Reverse: Venus, draped, standing facing l., holding apple in r. and sceptre in l.

Inscriptions:  Obverse: MHGNIA VRBICH HVG (Magnia Urbica Augusta). Reverse: VENVS CE-LEST (Heavenly Venus). In Exergue: SXXI

Bibliography:  RIC V 345

Notes:  In accordance with RIC, the SXXI in the exergue of the reverse are mintmarks indicating Ticinum.

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