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Numismatics

ID number:  BIRBI-R2023
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:  Base metal
Diameter (cm):  2.30
Weight (g):  3.64
Axis (degrees):  315.00
Provenance:  Haines 1855. 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: Sol, naked but cloaked and radiate, standing frontally with head facing l., r. hand raised and holding globe in l.; to l. captive, bound at feet.

Inscriptions:  Obverse: HVRELIHNVS HVG (Aurelian Augustus). Reverse: ORI-E-NS HVC (The Rising Sun of the Emperor). In Exergue: S.

Bibliography:  RIC V 248

Notes:  In accordance with RIC, the S in the exergue of the reverse is a mintmark indicating Siscia.

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Haines, Geoffrey Colton
British
1899
1981-09-14
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