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Numismatics

ID number:  BIRBI-R2022
Object type:  Coin
Institution:  The Barber Institute of Fine Arts
Named collection:  G. Haines Collection
Collector:  Haines, Geoffrey
Maker:  Aurelian; Siscia
Denomination:  Antoninianus
Place made:  Europe: Croatia, Sisak
Culture:  Roman
Date made:  270-275
Metal:  Base metal
Diameter (cm):  2.35
Weight (g):  3.99
Axis (degrees):  0.00
Provenance:  Haines 903. In Paris, 1925.
BIRBI-R2022.jpg

Description:  Obverse: Head of Aurelian, wearing radiate crown and beard, cuirassed, facing r. Reverse: Sol, naked but cloaked and radiate, standing frontally with head facing l., r. hand raised and holding globe in l.; to l. captive, bound at feet.

Inscriptions:  Obverse: UVRELIHNVS HVG (Aurelian Augustus). Reverse: ORI-E-NS HVC (The Rising Sun of the Emperor). In Exergue: P.

Bibliography:  RIC V 248

Notes:  In accordance with RIC, the P in the exergue of the reverse is a mintmark indicating Siscia.

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