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ID number: BIRBI-R1993 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: Billon Diameter (cm): 2.40 Weight (g): 3.33 Axis (degrees): 180.00 Provenance: Haines 1496. W. S. Lincoln, 1932. |
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Description: Obverse: Head of Aurelian, wearing radiate crown and beard, cuirassed, facing r. Reverse: Sol, radiate and naked, walking facing r., holding laurel-branch in r. and bow in l., treading down an enemy; I in field, to l.
Inscriptions: Obverse: INP HVRELIANVS HVG (Imperator Aurelian Augustus). Reverse: ORI-EHS HVC (The Rising Sun of the Emperor). In Exergue: XXIR.
Bibliography: RIC V 64
Notes: In accordance with RIC, the XXIR in the exergue of the reverse and the I in the field are mintmarks indicating Rome.
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