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Numismatics

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.

3 Related People

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Haines, Geoffrey Colton
British
1899
1981-09-14
Aurelian
Roman
214
275
Mediolanum
Roman; Ostrogothic


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