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ID number: BIRBI-R2093 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): 2.40 Weight (g): 4.09 Axis (degrees): 45.00 Provenance: Haines 1555. W. S. Lincoln, 1932. |

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Description: Obverse: Head of Probus, wearing radiate crown and beard, cuirassed, facing r. Reverse: Abundantia, draped, standing facing l., emptying cornucopia to l.
Inscriptions: Obverse: IMP C PROBVS P F ΛVG (Imperator Caesar Probus Pius Felix Augustus). Reverse: ABVNUA-NTIΛ ΛVG ([Dedicated to] Imperial Abundance). In Exergue: IIII
Bibliography: RIC V 60
Notes: Traces of silvering. In accordance with RIC, the IIII in the exergue of the reverse are mintmarks indicating Lugdunum.
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