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Numismatics

ID number:  BIRBI-R1928
Object type:  Coin
Institution:  The Barber Institute of Fine Arts
Named collection:  G. Haines Collection
Collector:  Haines, Geoffrey
Maker:  Gallienus; Mediolanum
Denomination:  Antoninianus
Place made:  Lombardy: Milan
Culture:  Roman
Date made:  AD 260-268
Metal:  Billon
Diameter (cm):  2.20
Weight (g):  3.49
Axis (degrees):  0.00
Provenance:  Haines 1707. W. S. Lincoln, 1933.
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Description:  Obverse: Head of Gallienus, wearing radiate crown and beard, facing r. Reverse: Sol, radiate and naked except for cloak around shoulders, standing facing l., raising r. and holding whip in l.

Inscriptions:  Obverse: CULLI□NVS HUG (Gallienus Augustus). Reverse: cDIE-N-S HUC (The Rising Sun of the Emperor). In Exergue: S.

Bibliography:  RIC V 494

Notes:  In accordance with RIC, the exergue on the obverse is a mintmark indicating Mediolanum.

3 Related People

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Haines, Geoffrey Colton
British
1899
1981-09-14
Mediolanum
Roman; Ostrogothic


Gallienus
Roman

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