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ID number: BIRBI-R2086 Object type: Coin
Institution: The Barber Institute of Fine Arts Named collection: G. Haines Collection Collector: Haines, Geoffrey Maker: Probus; Lugdunum Denomination: Antoninianus Place made: Europe: France, Lyons Culture: Roman Date made: 276-282 Metal: Billon Diameter (cm): 2.45 Weight (g): 2.71 Axis (degrees): 180.00 Provenance: Haines 1864. Ex Rev. E. A. Sydenham Collection, 1935. |
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Description: Obverse: Head of Probus, wearing radiate crown and beard, cuirassed, facing r. Reverse: Mars, naked but cloaked and helmeted, walking facing r., holding spear in r. and trophy in l.
Inscriptions: Obverse: IMP C PRORVS .P F. HVG (Imperator Caesar Probus Pius Felix Augustus). Reverse: MARS …ICT-OR (Mars, the Victor). In Exergue: III
Bibliography: RIC V 38
Notes: In accordance with RIC, the III in the exergue of the reverse are mintmarks indicating Lugdunum.
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