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ID number: BIRBI-R2119 Object type: Coin
Institution: The Barber Institute of Fine Arts Named collection: G. Haines Collection Collector: Haines, Geoffrey Maker: Probus; Rome Denomination: Antoninianus Place made: Europe: Italy, Rome Culture: Roman Date made: 276-282 Metal: Billon Diameter (cm): 2.10 Weight (g): 3.60 Axis (degrees): 225.00 Provenance: Haines 2425. Presented by Mr H. H. Scullard, 1946. |
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Description: Obverse: Head of Probus, wearing radiate crown and beard, cuirassed, facing r. Reverse: Emperor, in military attire, riding facing l., r. hand raised and holding sceptre in l.; captive at feet, to l.
Inscriptions: Obverse: IMP PROB-VS P F AVG (Imperator Probus Pius Felix Augustus). Reverse: ADVEN-TVS AVC (Arrival of the Emperor). In Exergue: R—Z
Bibliography: RIC V 155 var.
Notes: In accordance with RIC, the R—C in the exergue of the reverse are mintmarks indicating Rome, though the middle symbol (—) is not recorded in RIC.
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