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ID number: BIRBI-R2013 Object type: Coin
Institution: The Barber Institute of Fine Arts Named collection: G. Haines Collection Collector: Haines, Geoffrey Maker: Aurelian; Siscia Denomination: Antoninianus Place made: Europe: Croatia, Sisak Culture: Roman Date made: 270-275 Metal: Billon Diameter (cm): 2.45 Weight (g): 5.09 Axis (degrees): 0.00 Provenance: Haines 1503. W. S. Lincoln, 1932. |

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Description: Obverse: Head of Aurelian, wearing radiate crown and beard, cuirassed, facing r. Reverse: Emperor, draped, standing facing r., clasping hands with Concordia, draped and veiled, standing facing l.
Inscriptions: Obverse: IMP ΛVRELIANVS AVC (Imperator Aurelian Augustus). Reverse: CONCORDIA MILITVM (Harmony of the Soliders). In Exergue: *.
Bibliography: RIC V 216
Notes: In accordance with RIC, the * in the exergue of the reverse are mintmarks indicating Siscia.
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