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Numismatics

ID number:  BIRBI-R2017
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:  Silver and base metal
Diameter (cm):  2.25
Weight (g):  3.53
Axis (degrees):  180.00
Provenance:  Haines 1467. W. S. Lincoln, 1932.
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Description:  Obverse: Head of Aurelian, wearing radiate crown and beard, cuirassed, facing r. Reverse: Emperor, in military attire, standing facing r., holding sceptre in l. and receiving orb in r. from Jupiter, naked but cloaked, standing facing l., holding sceptre in l.

Inscriptions:  Obverse: IMP AVRELIANVS AVG (Imperator Aurelian Augustus). Reverse: IOVI CONSER (To Jupiter, the Protector). In Exergue: *T.

Bibliography:  RIC V 225

Notes:  Traces of silvering around the bust. In accordance with RIC, the *T in the exergue of the reverse are mintmarks indicating Siscia.

3 Related People

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Haines, Geoffrey Colton
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1899
1981-09-14
Aurelian
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Siscia
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