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ID number: BIRBI-R2095 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): 2.35 Weight (g): 4.15 Axis (degrees): 180.00 Provenance: Haines 1862. Ex Rev. E. A. Sydenham Collection, 1935. |
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Description: Obverse: Head of Probus, wearing radiate crown and beard, draped and cuirassed, facing r. Reverse: Felicitas, draped, standing facing l., holding caduceus in r. and sceptre in l.
Inscriptions: Obverse: IMP G M HVR PROBVS P F ΛVC (Imperator Caesar Marcus Aurelius Probus Pius Felix Augustus). Reverse: FELICIT TEMP (The Good Fortune of the Times). In Exergue: II
Bibliography: RIC V 73 var.
Notes: As opposed to RIC, the bust of Probus is both draped and cuirassed. In accordance with RIC, the II in the exergue of the reverse are mintmarks indicating Lugdunum.
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