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Numismatics

ID number:  BIRBI-R2196
Object type:  Coin
Institution:  The Barber Institute of Fine Arts
Named collection:  G. Haines Collection
Collector:  Haines, Geoffrey
Maker:  Probus; Ticinum
Denomination:  Antoninianus
Place made:  Europe: Italy, Lombardy, Pavia
Culture:  Roman
Date made:  276-282
Metal:  Base metal
Diameter (cm):  2.35
Weight (g):  5.66
Axis (degrees):  180.00
Provenance:  Haines 1782. A. H. Baldwin, 1933.
BIRBI-R2196.jpg

Description:  Obverse: Head of Probus, wearing helmet, radiate and bearded, cuirassed, holding spear and shield, facing l. Reverse: Hercules, naked, standing facing l., holding olive-branch in r. and club and lion's skin in l.

Inscriptions:  Obverse: IIIRTHS PRO-BI ΛVG (The Courage of Probus Augustus). Reverse: HERCV-LI PHCIF (Hercules, the Peacemaker). In Exergue: SXXT

Bibliography:  RIC V 374.

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

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Haines, Geoffrey Colton
British
1899
1981-09-14
Probus
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