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Numismatics ID number: BIRBI-R2218 Object type: Coin Institution: The Barber Institute of Fine Arts Named collection: G. Haines Collection Collector: Haines, Geoffrey Maker: Probus; Serdica Denomination: Antoninianus Place made: Europe: Bulgaria, Sofia Culture: Roman Date made: 276-282 Metal: Base metal Diameter (cm): 2.40 Weight (g): 3.29 Axis (degrees): 180.00 Provenance: Haines 2438. Presented by Mr H. H. Scullard, 1946. |
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Description: Obverse: Head of Probus, wearing radiate crown and beard, draped and cuirassed, facing r. Reverse: Emperor, in military attire, standing facing r., holding spear in l. and receiving globe in r. from Jupiter, naked, standing facing l., holding sceptre in l. ; MS in field, at bottom between the figures. Inscriptions: Obverse: IMΓ C N HVR PHOHVS INVICT HVC (Imperator Caesar Marcus Aurelius Probus, Invincible Augustus). Reverse: RFSTITVTHOR ORBIS (Restorer of the World). In Exergue: KHB Bibliography: RIC V 858 var. Notes: In accordance with RIC, the K[A]B in the exergue of the reverse and MS in the field of the exergue are mintmarks (officina) indicating Serdica. As opposed to the RIC type, on the obverse Probus is both draped and cuirassed. |
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3 Related People | |
| Haines, Geoffrey Colton British 1899 1981-09-14 | |
| Serdica Roman; Byzantine; Bulgarian | |
| Probus Roman 236 282 | |
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