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Numismatics

ID number:  BIRBI-R2126
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:  Silver and base metal
Diameter (cm):  2.20
Weight (g):  3.64
Axis (degrees):  0.00
Provenance:  Haines 1879. Ex Rev. E. A. Sydenham Collection, 1935.
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Description:  Obverse: Head of Probus, wearing radiate crown and beard, cuirassed, facing r. Reverse: Fides, draped, standing facing l., holding two ensigns.

Inscriptions:  Obverse: PROBV-S P F HVC (Probus Pius Felix Augustus). Reverse: FIDES M-ILITVM (Loyalty of the Soldier). In Exergue: R [symbol] E

Bibliography:  RIC V 170

Notes:  Silvered. In accordance with RIC, the R[symbol]E in the exergue of the reverse are mintmarks indicating Rome. The symbol is either an elongated star or a thunderbolt.

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Probus
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Haines, Geoffrey Colton
British
1899
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