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Numismatics ID number: BIRBI-R2139 Object type: Coin Institution: The Barber Institute of Fine Arts Named collection: G. Haines Collection Collector: Haines, Geoffrey Maker: Probus; Rome Denomination: Antoninianus Place made: Europe: Italy, Rome Culture: Roman Date made: 276-282 Metal: Base metal Diameter (cm): 2.20 Weight (g): 3.92 Axis (degrees): 0.00 Provenance: Haines 113. W. H. Valentine, 1917. |
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Description: Obverse: Head of Probus, wearing radiate crown and beard, cuirassed and wearing imperial mantle, holding sceptre surmounted by eagle, facing l. Reverse: Sol, naked but radiate, riding facing l. in quadriga, raising r. hand and holding whip in l. Inscriptions: Obverse: IMP PROB-VS P F AVC (Imperator Probus Pius Felix Augustus). Reverse: SOLI INVICT-O (The Invincible Sol). In Exergue: R[laurel wreath]Γ Bibliography: RIC V 200 Notes: In accordance with RIC, the R[laurel wreath]Γ in the exergue of the reverse are mintmarks indicating Rome. RIC does not note that the figure of Sol raises r. hand, though it does note this for other types with Sol on reverse. |
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3 Related People | |
| Probus Roman 236 282 | |
| Rome Roman;Byzantine;Italian | |
| Haines, Geoffrey Colton British 1899 1981-09-14 | |
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