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Numismatics

ID number:  BIRBI-R2142
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):  2.25
Weight (g):  3.32
Axis (degrees):  180.00
Provenance:  Haines 1906. Ex Rev. E. A. Sydenham Collection, 1935.
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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 front in spread quadriga, raising r. hand and holding globe and whip in l.

Inscriptions:  Obverse: IMP C M HVR PROBVS P F AVC (Imperator Caesar Marcus Aurelius Probus Pius Felix Augustus). Reverse: SO-U-I I-N-VIC-T-O (The Invincible Sol). In Exergue: RB

Bibliography:  RIC V 204

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

3 Related People

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Haines, Geoffrey Colton
British
1899
1981-09-14
Probus
Roman
236
282
Rome
Roman;Byzantine;Italian


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