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Numismatics

ID number:  BIRBI-R2025
Object type:  Coin
Institution:  The Barber Institute of Fine Arts
Named collection:  G. Haines Collection
Collector:  Haines, Geoffrey
Maker:  Aurelian; Serdica
Denomination:  Antoninianus
Place made:  Europe: Bulgaria, Sofia
Culture:  Roman
Date made:  270-275
Metal:  Silver and base metal
Diameter (cm):  2.20
Weight (g):  3.32
Axis (degrees):  45.00
Provenance:  Haines 2823. Rev. Sydenham Collection Sale, A. H. Baldwin, 1953.
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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 r.

Inscriptions:  Obverse: IMP HVRELIHNVS HVC (Imperator Aurelian Augustus). Reverse: IOVI CON-SER (To Jupiter, the Protector). In Exergue: P.

Bibliography:  RIC V 260

Notes:  Traces of silvering. In accordance with RIC, the P in the exergue of the reverse is a mintmark indicating Serdica.

3 Related People

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Haines, Geoffrey Colton
British
1899
1981-09-14
Aurelian
Roman
214
275
Serdica
Roman; Byzantine; Bulgarian


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