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ID number: BIRBI-R1997 Object type: Coin
Institution: The Barber Institute of Fine Arts Named collection: G. Haines Collection Collector: Haines, Geoffrey Maker: Aurelian; Mediolanum Denomination: Antoninianus Place made: Europe: Italy, Lombardy, Milan Culture: Roman Date made: 270-275 Metal: Billon Diameter (cm): 2.15 Weight (g): 4.11 Axis (degrees): 180.00 Provenance: Haines 1854. Ex Rev. E. A. Sydenham Collection, 1935. |
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Description: Obverse: Head of Aurelian, wearing radiate crown and beard, draped and cuirassed, facing r. Reverse: Concordia, draped, standing facing l., holding two ensigns.
Inscriptions: Obverse: IMP AVRELIHNVS HVC (Imperator Aurelian Augustus). Reverse: C-ONC-ORD LG…I (Harmony in the Legions). In Exergue: ͰV
Bibliography: RIC V 102 var.
Notes: As opposed to RIC type, there is a variation on the mintmark in the exergue of the reverse.
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