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ID number: BIRBI-R2000 Object type: Coin
Institution: The Barber Institute of Fine Arts Named collection: G. Haines Collection Collector: Haines, Geoffrey Maker: Aurelian; Mediolanum Denomination: Antoninianus Place made: Europe: Italy, Lombardy, Milan Culture: Roman Date made: 270-275 Metal: Billon Diameter (cm): 2.25 Weight (g): 3.71 Axis (degrees): 180.00 Provenance: Haines 969. W. S. Lincoln, 1928. |

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Description: Obverse: Head of Aurelian, wearing radiate crown and beard, cuirassed, facing r. Reverse: Fortuna, draped, seated facing l. by wheel, holding rudder in r. and cornucopia in l.
Inscriptions: Obverse: IMP HVRELIHNVS HVG (Imperator Aurelian Augustus). Reverse: FORT...H R-EDVX (Fortune that Brings the Emperor back in Safety). In Exergue: T.
Bibliography: RIC V 128
Notes: In accordance with RIC, the T in the exergue of the reverse are mintmarks indicating Mediolanum.
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