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Numismatics
ID number: BIRBI-R2096 Object type: Coin
Institution: The Barber Institute of Fine Arts Named collection: G. Haines Collection Collector: Haines, Geoffrey Maker: Probus; Lugdunum Denomination: Antoninianus Place made: Europe: France, Lyons Culture: Roman Date made: 276-282 Metal: Silver and base metal Diameter (cm): 2.50 Weight (g): 3.98 Axis (degrees): 180.00 Provenance: Haines 1863. Ex Rev. E. A. Sydenham Collection, 1935. |
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Description: Obverse: Head of Probus, wearing radiate crown and beard, draped and cuirassed, facing r. Reverse: Felicitas, draped, standing facing l., holding caduceus in r. and sceptre in l.
Inscriptions: Obverse: IMP G M ΛVR PROBVS ΛVG (Imperator Caesar Marcus Aurelius Probus Augustus). Reverse: FELICIT TEMP (The Good Fortune of the Times). In Exergue: [II]
Bibliography: RIC V 74 var.
Notes: Silvered. As opposed to RIC, the bust of Probus is both draped and cuirassed. In accordance with RIC, the [II] in the exergue of the reverse are mintmarks indicating Lugdunum.
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