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ID number: BIRBI-R2112 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): 2.20 Weight (g): 3.25 Axis (degrees): 135.00 Provenance: Haines 3971. A. H. Baldwin, 1963. |

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Description: Obverse: Head of Probus, wearing radiate crown and beard, draped and cuirassed, facing r. Reverse: Minerva, draped and helmeted, standing facing l., holding olive-branch in r. and spear in l., l. hand on shield; A in field to l.
Inscriptions: Obverse: IMP C M ΛVR PROBVS ΛVC (Imperator Caesar Marcus Aurelius Probus Augustus). Reverse: COMb-S AVG (Companion of the Emperor).
Bibliography: RIC V 115
Notes: Traces of silvering. In accordance with RIC, the A in the field of the reverse is a mintmark (officina) indicating Lugdunum.
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