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ID number: BIRBI-R2094 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): 2.30 Weight (g): 4.46 Axis (degrees): 180.00 Provenance: Haines 1554. W. S. Lincoln, 1932. |

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Description: Obverse: Head of Probus, wearing radiate crown and beard, cuirassed, facing r. Reverse: Minerva, draped and helmeted, standing facing l., holding olive-branch in r. and spear in l.; leaning on shield to r.
Inscriptions: Obverse: IMP C ΓROBVS.P.F.AVG (Imperator Caesar Probus Pius Felix Augustus). Reverse: COMIT-I PROHI HVC (To The Companion of Probus Augustus). In Exergue: IIII
Bibliography: RIC V 69
Notes: Silvered. In accordance with RIC, the I in the exergue of the reverse is a mintmark indicating Lugdunum.
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