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ID number: BIRBI-R2010 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: Base metal Diameter (cm): 2.25 Weight (g): 3.56 Axis (degrees): 180.00 Provenance: Haines 1853. Ex Rev. E. A. Sydenham Collection, A. H. Baldwin, 1935. |
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Description: Obverse: Head of Aurelian, wearing radiate crown and beard, cuirassed, facing r. Reverse: Fides, draped, standing facing r., holding two ensigns, and Sol, radiate and naked, with cloak, standing facing l., r. hand raised and holding globe in l.
Inscriptions: Obverse: IMP C AVRELIANVS HVC (Imperator Caesar Aurelian Augustus). Reverse: PRO-VIDEN D-EOR (Foresight of the Gods). In Exergue: TXXT.
Bibliography: RIC V 152
Notes: In accordance with RIC, the TXXT in the exergue of the reverse are mintmarks indicating Ticinum.
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