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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.
BIRBI-R2141.jpg

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