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ID number: BIRBI-R2150 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): 2.40 Weight (g): 3.37 Axis (degrees): 135.00 Provenance: Haines 3497. Prof. Luigi de Nicola, 65 Via del Babuino, Rome, 1959. |
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Description: Obverse: Head of Probus, wearing radiate crown and beard, draped and cuirassed, facing r. Reverse: Emperor, draped, standing facing l., holding sceptre in l. and crowning trophy with r.; captive at bottom, to l.
Inscriptions: Obverse: IMP C M HVR PROEVS HVC (Imperator Caesar Marcus Aurelius Probus Augustus). Reverse: VIHTVS HVGVS…I (Courage of the Emperor). In Exergue: R
Bibliography: RIC V 243
Notes: In accordance with RIC, the R in the exergue of the reverse are mintmarks indicating Rome.
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