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Numismatics

ID number:  BIRBI-R2014
Object type:  Coin
Institution:  The Barber Institute of Fine Arts
Named collection:  G. Haines Collection
Collector:  Haines, Geoffrey
Maker:  Aurelian; Siscia
Denomination:  Antoninianus
Place made:  Europe: Croatia, Sisak
Culture:  Roman
Date made:  270-275
Metal:  Billon
Diameter (cm):  2.45
Weight (g):  3.32
Axis (degrees):  45.00
Provenance:  Haines 1857. Ex Rev. E. A. Sydenham Collection, 1935.
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Description:  Obverse: Head of Aurelian, wearing radiate crown and beard, cuirassed, facing r. Reverse: Emperor, draped, standing facing r., clasping hands with Concordia, draped and veiled, standing facing l.

Inscriptions:  Obverse: IMP AVRELIANVS AVG (Imperator Aurelian Augustus). Reverse: CONCORDIA MILIT…M (Harmony of the Soliders). In Exergue: S*.

Bibliography:  RIC V 216

Notes:  In accordance with RIC, the S* in the exergue of the reverse are mintmarks indicating Siscia.

3 Related People

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Haines, Geoffrey Colton
British
1899
1981-09-14
Aurelian
Roman
214
275
Siscia
Roman


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