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Numismatics

ID number:  BIRBI-R1991
Object type:  Coin
Institution:  The Barber Institute of Fine Arts
Named collection:  G. Haines Collection
Collector:  Haines, Geoffrey; Oman, Charles
Maker:  Aurelian; Rome
Denomination:  Antoninianus
Place made:  Europe: Italy, Rome
Culture:  Roman
Date made:  270-275
Metal:  Base metal
Diameter (cm):  2.20
Weight (g):  4.02
Axis (degrees):  180.00
Provenance:  Haines 2591. From the collection of either the late Prof. Sir Charles Oman or of Mr C. C. Oman, 1949.
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Description:  Obverse: Head of Aurelian, wearing radiate crown and beard, cuirassed, facing r. Reverse: Emperor, draped, standing facing r., clasping the hand of Concordia, draped, standing facing l.

Inscriptions:  Obverse: IMP C AVRELIANVS AVG (Imperator Caesar Aurelian Augustus). Reverse: CONCORDIH MILITVM (The Harmony of the Soliders). In Exergue: T*

Bibliography:  RIC V 59

Notes:  In accordance with RIC, the T* in the exergue of the reverse is a mintmark indicating Rome.

4 Related People

Haines_Geoffrey-T.jpg
Haines, Geoffrey Colton
British
1899
1981-09-14
Rome
Roman;Byzantine;Italian


Aurelian
Roman
214
275
Oman, Charles
British
12 January 1860
23 June 1946
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