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ID number: BIRBI-R2406 Object type: Coin
Institution: The Barber Institute of Fine Arts Named collection: G. Haines Collection Collector: Haines, Geoffrey Maker: Victorinus; Colonia Claudia Denomination: Antoninianus Place made: Europe: Germany, North Rhine-Westphalia, Cologne Culture: Roman Date made: 269-271 Metal: Silver and base metal Diameter (cm): 2.00 Weight (g): 4.25 Axis (degrees): 180.00 Provenance: Haines 1292. W. S. Lincoln, 1931. |
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Description: Obverse: Head of Victorinus, wearing radiate crown and long beard, draped, facing r. Reverse: Fides, draped, standing facing l., holding two ensigns.
Inscriptions: Obverse: IMP C PIIIV VICTORINVS P F HVG (Imperator Caesar Piavvonius Victorinus Pius Felix Augustus). Reverse: PIDES M-I-LITVM (Loyalty of the Soldiers).
Bibliography: RIC V 109
Notes: Traces of silvering.
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