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Numismatics ID number: BIRBI-R2141 Object type: Coin Institution: The Barber Institute of Fine Arts Named collection: G. Haines Collection Collector: Haines, Geoffrey Maker: Probus; Rome Denomination: Antoninianus Place made: Europe: Italy, Rome Culture: Roman Date made: 276-282 Metal: Billon Diameter (cm): 2.15 Weight (g): 4.51 Axis (degrees): 0.00 Provenance: Haines 1889. Ex Rev. E. A. Sydenham Collection, 1935. |
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Description: Obverse: Head of Probus, wearing radiate crown and beard, cuirassed and wearing imperial mantle, holding sceptre surmounted by eagle, facing l. Reverse: Sol, naked but radiate, riding facing l. in quadriga, raising r. hand and holding whip in l. Inscriptions: Obverse: PROBV-S P F AVG (Probus Pius Felix Augustus). Reverse: SO-LI INVIC-TO (The Invincible Sol). In Exergue: R[symbol]Γ Bibliography: RIC V 203 Notes: In accordance with RIC, the R[symbol]Γ in the exergue of the reverse are mintmarks indicating Rome. The symbol is either an elongated star or a thunderbolt. RIC does not note that the figure of Sol raises r. hand, though it does note this for other types with Sol on reverse. |
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3 Related People | |
| Rome Roman;Byzantine;Italian | |
| Haines, Geoffrey Colton British 1899 1981-09-14 | |
| Probus Roman 236 282 | |
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