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Numismatics
ID number: BIRBI-R2215 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: Billon Diameter (cm): 2.20 Weight (g): 3.75 Axis (degrees): 0.00 Provenance: Haines 2436. Presented by Mr H. H. Scullard, 1946. |
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Description: Obverse: Head of Probus, wearing radiate crown and beard, cuirassed, holding spear and shield, 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 AVR PROBVS Γ F AVG (Imperator Caesar Marcus Aurelius Probus Pius Felix Augustus). Reverse: VIRTVS PRO-BI HVG (The Courage of Probus Augustus). In Exergue: XXIIII
Bibliography: RIC V 810
Notes: In accordance with RIC, the XXIIII in the exergue of the reverse are mintmarks indicating Siscia.
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