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Numismatics

ID number:  BIRBI-R2214
Object type:  Coin
Institution:  The Barber Institute of Fine Arts
Named collection:  G. Haines Collection
Collector:  Haines, Geoffrey
Maker:  Probus; Siscia
Denomination:  Antoninianus
Place made:  Europe: Croatia, Sisak
Culture:  Roman
Date made:  276-282
Metal:  Silver and base metal
Diameter (cm):  2.40
Weight (g):  3.65
Axis (degrees):  135.00
Provenance:  Haines 294. W. S. Lincoln, 1920.
BIRBI-R2214.jpg

Description:  Obverse: Head of Probus, wearing radiate crown and beard, wearing cuirass and imperial mantle, holding sceptre surmounted by eagle, facing l. Reverse: Mars, naked but cloaked and helmeted, walking facing r., holding spear in r. and trophy in l. over shoulder.

Inscriptions:  Obverse: IMP C M HVR PROBVS P F HVG (Imperator Caesar Marcus Aurelius Probus Pius Felix Augustus). Reverse: VIHTU-S PR-OBI HUG (The Courage of Probus Augustus). In Exergue: XXIT

Bibliography:  RIC V 810

Notes:  Traces of silvering. In accordance with RIC, the XXIT in the exergue of the reverse are mintmarks indicating Siscia.

3 Related People

Probus
Roman
236
282
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Haines, Geoffrey Colton
British
1899
1981-09-14
Siscia
Roman


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