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ID number: BIRBI-R2118 Object type: Coin
Institution: The Barber Institute of Fine Arts Named collection: G. Haines Collection Collector: Haines, Geoffrey Maker: Probus; Lugdunum Denomination: Antoninianus Place made: Europe: France, Lyons Culture: Roman Date made: 276-282 Metal: Base metal Diameter (cm): 2.25 Weight (g): 3.93 Axis (degrees): 225.00 Provenance: Haines 3970. A. H. Baldwin, 1963. |
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Description: Obverse: Head of Probus, wearing radiate crown and beard, cuirassed, facing r. Reverse: Felicitas, draped, standing facing r., holding caduceus in r. and cornucopia in l.; B in field, to l.
Inscriptions: Obverse: IMP G PROBVS.P.P.HVC (Imperator Caesar Probus Pius Felix Augustus). Reverse: TEMPO-R FELICIT (Time of Good Fortune).
Bibliography: RIC V 129
Notes: In accordance with RIC, the B in the field of the reverse is a mintmark (officina) indicating Lugdunum.
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