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ID number: BIRBI-R2028 Object type: Coin
Institution: The Barber Institute of Fine Arts Named collection: G. Haines Collection Collector: Haines, Geoffrey Maker: Aurelian; Kyzikos Denomination: Antoninianus Place made: Eurasia: Mysia, Kyzikos Culture: Roman Date made: 270-275 Metal: Base metal Diameter (cm): 2.40 Weight (g): 3.51 Axis (degrees): 315.00 Provenance: Haines 2825. 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 l., holding sceptre in l. and r. hand outstretched to receive wreath from woman, draped, standing facing r., holding wreath aloft; supplicant, kneeling figure between them.
Inscriptions: Obverse: IMP C HVRELIHNVS HVC (Imperator Caesar Aurelian Augustus). Reverse: RESTITVTOR ORBIS (To the Restorer of the World). In Exergue: *Γ.
Bibliography: RIC V 349
Notes: In accordance with RIC, the *Γ in the exergue of the reverse are mintmarks indicating Kyzikos.
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