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ID number: BIRBI-R2008 Object type: Coin
Institution: The Barber Institute of Fine Arts Named collection: G. Haines Collection Collector: Haines, Geoffrey Maker: Aurelian; Ticinum Denomination: Antoninianus Place made: Europe: Italy, Lombardy, Pavia Culture: Roman Date made: 270-275 Metal: Billon Diameter (cm): 2.30 Weight (g): 3.56 Axis (degrees): 135.00 Provenance: Haines 92. W. S. Lincoln, 1916. |
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Description: Obverse: Head of Aurelian, wearing radiate crown and beard, cuirassed, facing r. Reverse: Sol, radiate and naked, with cloak, standing facing l., r. hand raised and holding globe in l.; two captives at feet.
Inscriptions: Obverse: IMP C HVRELIHNIIS HVC (Imperator Caesar Aurelian Augustus). Reverse: ORI-E-N-S HVC (The Rising Sun of the Emperor). In Exergue: QXXT.
Bibliography: RIC V 151
Notes: In accordance with RIC, the QXXT in the exergue of the reverse are mintmarks indicating Ticinum.
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