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ID number: BIRBI-R2402 Object type: Coin
Institution: The Barber Institute of Fine Arts Named collection: G. Haines Collection Collector: Haines, Geoffrey Maker: Victorinus; Uncertain mint Denomination: Antoninianus Culture: Roman Date made: 269-271 Metal: Base metal Diameter (cm): 2.00 Weight (g): 2.84 Axis (degrees): 135.00 Provenance: Haines 1670. W. S. Lincoln, 1932. |
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Description: Obverse: Head of Victorinus, wearing radiate crown and long beard, draped and cuirassed, facing r. Reverse: Soldier, naked but cloaked and helmeted, standing facing r., holding spear in r. and leaning on shield with l.
Inscriptions: Obverse: IMP C VICTURLNVS P Γ ΛYC (Imperator Caesar Victorinus Pius Felix Augustus). Reverse: VIAT-VS HVC (Imperial Courage).
Bibliography: RIC V 78
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