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ID number: BIRBI-R1983 Object type: Coin
Institution: The Barber Institute of Fine Arts Named collection: G. Haines Collection Collector: Haines, Geoffrey Maker: Quintillus; Rome Denomination: Antoninianus Place made: Europe: Italy, Rome Culture: Roman Date made: 270 Metal: Billon Diameter (cm): 2.35 Weight (g): 2.79 Axis (degrees): 315.00 Provenance: Haines 97. W. S. Lincoln, 1920. |

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Description: Obverse: Head of Quintillus, wearing radiate crown and beard, draped and cuirassed, facing r. Reverse: Fortuna, draped, standing facing l., holding rudder on globe in r. and cornucopia in l.; Z in field to r.
Inscriptions: Obverse: ıIIIID C IIII HVR CL QVINTILLhS HIIC (Imperator Caesar Marcus Aurelius Claudius Quintillus Augustus). Reverse: CORTVNIH REDVX (Fortune that Brings Back the Emperor in Safety).
Bibliography: RIC V 20
Notes: In accordance with RIC, the Z in the field of the reverse is a mintmark (officina) indicating Rome.
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