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ID number: BIRBI-R1999 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: Silver and base metal Diameter (cm): 2.40 Weight (g): 2.86 Axis (degrees): 315.00 Provenance: Haines 1850. Ex Rev. E. A. Sydenham Collection, A. H. Baldwin, 1953. |
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Description: Obverse: Head of Aurelian, wearing radiate crown and beard, draped, facing r. Reverse: Felicitas, draped, standing facing l. by altar, holding patera in r. and caduceus in l.
Inscriptions: Obverse: …MP·HVRELIHNVS·HVG (Imperator Aurelian Augustus). Reverse: FELIC S-HECV (The Good Fortune of the Age). In Exergue: S.
Bibliography: RIC V 121
Notes: Silvered. In accordance with RIC, the S in the exergue of the reverse are mintmarks indicating Mediolanum.
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