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ID number: BIRBI-R2403 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): 2.10 Weight (g): 2.85 Axis (degrees): 0.00 Provenance: Haines 1671. 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, in military attire and helmeted, standing facing l., leaning on shield with r. and holding spear in l.
Inscriptions: Obverse: IMP C V…ORINVS P Γ ΛVC (Imperator Caesar Victorinus Pius Felix Augustus). Reverse: V-IDTVS I-VG (Imperial Courage).
Bibliography: RIC V 78 var.
Notes: As opposed to the RIC type, the figure on the reverse is facing l. and holds the objects in opposite hands.
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