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Numismatics ID number: BIRBI-R2140 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: Base metal Diameter (cm): 2.20 Weight (g): 2.89 Axis (degrees): 0.00 Provenance: Haines 1888. Ex Rev. E. A. Sydenham Collection, 1935. |
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Description: Obverse: Head of Probus, wearing radiate crown and beard, cuirassed and wearing imperial mantle, holding sceptre surmounted by eagle, facing l. Reverse: Sol, naked but radiate, riding facing l. in quadriga, raising r. hand and holding whip in l. Inscriptions: Obverse: IMP PRO-BVS HVC (Imperator Probus Augustus). Reverse: SOL-I I-NVICT-O (The Invincible Sol). In Exergue: RůB Bibliography: RIC V 202 Notes: In accordance with RIC, the RůB in the exergue of the reverse are mintmarks indicating Rome. RIC does not note that the figure of Sol raises r. hand, though it does note this for other types with Sol on reverse. |
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| Haines, Geoffrey Colton British 1899 1981-09-14 | |
| Rome Roman;Byzantine;Italian | |
| Probus Roman 236 282 | |
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