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ID number: BIRBI-R1874 Object type: Coin
Institution: The Barber Institute of Fine Arts Named collection: G. Haines Collection Collector: Haines, Geoffrey Maker: Gallienus; Valerian I; Mediolanum Denomination: Antoninianus Place made: Lombardy: Milan Culture: Roman Date made: 258-259 Metal: Silver Diameter (cm): 2.20 Weight (g): 3.75 Axis (degrees): 180.00 Provenance: Haines 1686. Spink ,1933. |
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Description: Obverse: Head of Gallienus, wearing a radiate crown and beard, facing l. Reverse: Diana, draped, walking facing r., drawing arrow with r. and holding bow in l.; hound at feet, to r.
Inscriptions: Obverse: IMP GALLIENVS HVG (Imperator Gallienus Augustus). Reverse: DIHNA FELIX (To Diana, who brings Fortune).
Bibliography: RIC V 380 (Joint Reign)
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