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ID number:  BIRBI-R2119
Object type:  Coin
Institution:  The Barber Institute of Fine Arts
Named collection:  G. Haines Collection
Collector:  Haines, Geoffrey
Maker:  Probus; Rome
Denomination:  Antoninianus
Place made:  Europe: Italy, Rome
Culture:  Roman
Date made:  276-282
Metal:  Billon
Diameter (cm):  2.10
Weight (g):  3.60
Axis (degrees):  225.00
Provenance:  Haines 2425. Presented by Mr H. H. Scullard, 1946.
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Description:  Obverse: Head of Probus, wearing radiate crown and beard, cuirassed, facing r. Reverse: Emperor, in military attire, riding facing l., r. hand raised and holding sceptre in l.; captive at feet, to l.

Inscriptions:  Obverse: IMP PROB-VS P F AVG (Imperator Probus Pius Felix Augustus). Reverse: ADVEN-TVS AVC (Arrival of the Emperor). In Exergue: R—Z

Bibliography:  RIC V 155 var.

Notes:  In accordance with RIC, the R—C in the exergue of the reverse are mintmarks indicating Rome, though the middle symbol (—) is not recorded in RIC.

3 Related People

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Haines, Geoffrey Colton
British
1899
1981-09-14
Rome
Roman;Byzantine;Italian


Probus
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