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ID number:  BIRBI-R1990
Object type:  Coin
Institution:  The Barber Institute of Fine Arts
Named collection:  G. Haines Collection
Collector:  Haines, Geoffrey
Maker:  Aurelian; Rome
Denomination:  Antoninianus
Place made:  Europe: Italy, Rome
Culture:  Roman
Date made:  270-275
Metal:  Base metal
Diameter (cm):  2.05
Weight (g):  2.54
Axis (degrees):  180.00
Provenance:  Haines 3857. Ex F. Heeley Collection, 1962.
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Description:  Obverse: Head of Aurelian, wearing radiate crown and beard, draped and cuirassed, facing r. Reverse: Soldier, wearing military attire and helmeted, standing facing l., leaning on shield with r. and vertical spear in l.; B in field to r.

Inscriptions:  Obverse: IIIIIP CL DCIΛI HVDELIHNVS HVC (Imperator Claudius Domitius Aurelian Augustus). Reverse: VIR-T-V-S HIIG (The Courage of the Emperor).

Bibliography:  RIC V 41

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

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Haines, Geoffrey Colton
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1899
1981-09-14
Rome
Roman;Byzantine;Italian


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