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ID number:  BIRBI-R2147
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):  2.30
Weight (g):  4.31
Axis (degrees):  315.00
Provenance:  Haines 106. W. S. Lincoln, 1920.
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Description:  Obverse: Head of Probus, wearing radiate crown and beard, cuirassed, facing r. Reverse: Trophy between two captives, bound on the floor.

Inscriptions:  Obverse: IMP PRO-BVS HVG (Imperator Probus Augustus). Reverse: VICTOH-IH CERM (Victory over the Germans). In Exergue: RůH

Bibliography:  RIC V 222

Notes:  In accordance with RIC, the Rů[A] in the exergue of the reverse are mintmarks indicating Rome.

3 Related People

Probus
Roman
236
282
Rome
Roman;Byzantine;Italian


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Haines, Geoffrey Colton
British
1899
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