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ID number:  BIRBI-R2186
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:  Billon
Diameter (cm):  2.30
Weight (g):  4.24
Axis (degrees):  135.00
Provenance:  Haines 1306. W. S. Lincoln, 1931.
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Description:  Obverse: Head of Probus, wearing helmet, radiate and bearded, cuirassed, holding spear and shield, facing l. Reverse: Securitas, draped, standing facing l., leaning on column with legs crossed, r. raised to head; * and I in field, to l. and r. respectively.

Inscriptions:  Obverse: VIRTVS PROBI HV-C (The Courage of Probus Augustus). Reverse: SECVRIT PERP (To Perpetual Security). In Exergue: IIIXXI

Bibliography:  RIC V 526

Notes:  In accordance with RIC, the [V]IXXI in the exergue of the reverse and the * and I in the field of the reverse are mintmarks (officina) indicating Ticinum.

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