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ID number:  BIRBI-R1985
Object type:  Coin
Institution:  The Barber Institute of Fine Arts
Named collection:  G. Haines Collection
Collector:  Haines, Geoffrey
Maker:  Quintillus; Rome
Denomination:  Antoninianus
Place made:  Europe: Italy, Rome
Culture:  Roman
Date made:  270
Metal:  Base metal
Diameter (cm):  2.05
Weight (g):  2.76
Axis (degrees):  180.00
Provenance:  Haines 960. P. Meinser, Dinan, Côtes du Nord, France, 1928.
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Description:  Obverse: Head of Quintillus, wearing radiate crown and beard, draped and cuirassed, facing r. Reverse: Securitas, draped, standing facing l. with legs crossed, leaning on column to r., holding sceptre in r.; in field XI, to r.

Inscriptions:  Obverse: ıııIP C IIII UVR CL QVINTILLVS HV_ (Imperator Caesar Marcus Aurelius Claudius Quintillus Augustus). Reverse: SECV-HıΓ HVC (The Security [Provided By] the Emperor).

Bibliography:  RIC V 31

Notes:  In accordance with RIC, the XI in the field of the reverse is a mintmark (officina) indicating Rome.

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