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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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