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ID number: BIRBI-R2111 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): 2.20 Weight (g): 3.79 Axis (degrees): 180.00 Provenance: Haines 1835. Seaby, 1934. |
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Description: Obverse: Head of Probus, wearing radiate crown and beard, cuirassed, facing r. Reverse: Soldier, helmeted and in military attire, standing facing l., holding Victory in r. and spear in l.; leaning on shield to r.
Inscriptions: Obverse: IMP C PROBVS.P.F.ΛVG (Imperator Caesar Probus Pius Felix Augustus). Reverse: VIR-T-V-S AVC (Courage of the Emperor). In Exergue: IIII
Bibliography: RIC V 112
Notes: In accordance with RIC, the IIII in the exergue of the reverse are mintmarks indicating Lugdunum.
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