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ID number: BIRBI-R2023 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: Base metal Diameter (cm): 2.30 Weight (g): 3.64 Axis (degrees): 315.00 Provenance: Haines 1855. Ex Rev. E. A. Sydenham Collection, 1935. |
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Description: Obverse: Head of Aurelian, wearing radiate crown and beard, cuirassed, facing r. Reverse: Sol, naked but cloaked and radiate, standing frontally with head facing l., r. hand raised and holding globe in l.; to l. captive, bound at feet.
Inscriptions: Obverse: HVRELIHNVS HVG (Aurelian Augustus). Reverse: ORI-E-NS HVC (The Rising Sun of the Emperor). In Exergue: S.
Bibliography: RIC V 248
Notes: In accordance with RIC, the S in the exergue of the reverse is a mintmark indicating Siscia.
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