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ID number:  BIRBI-R2128
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:  Silver and base metal
Diameter (cm):  2.10
Weight (g):  3.94
Axis (degrees):  0.00
Provenance:  Haines 1004. W. S. Lincoln, 1928.
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Description:  Obverse: Head of Probus, wearing radiate crown and beard, cuirassed, facing r. Reverse: Jupiter, naked and cloaked, standing facing l., holding thunder bolt in r. and sceptre in l.

Inscriptions:  Obverse: PROBV-S P F AVC (Probus Pius Felix Augustus). Reverse: IOVI CON-S PROB HVG (Jupiter, Protector of Probus Augustus). In Exergue: R [symbol] B

Bibliography:  RIC V 175

Notes:  Silvered. In accordance with RIC, the R[symbol]B in the exergue of the reverse are mintmarks indicating Rome. The symbol is either an elongated star or a thunderbolt.

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Haines, Geoffrey Colton
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