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ID number: BIRBI-R2087 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: Silver and base metal Diameter (cm): 2.35 Weight (g): 3.99 Axis (degrees): 0.00 Provenance: Haines 1873. 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, in military attire and helmeted, standing facing l., holding olive-branch in r. and spear in l.; shield at feet, to l.
Inscriptions: Obverse: IMP C M AVR PROBVS AVG (Imperator Caesar Marcus Aurelius Probus Augustus). Reverse: MΛRTI PHCIFERO (Mars, the Peacemaker). In Exergue: II
Bibliography: RIC V 42
Notes: Silvered. In accordance with RIC, the II in the exergue of the reverse are mintmarks indicating Lugdunum.
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