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ID number:  BIRBI-R2152
Object type:  Coin
Institution:  The Barber Institute of Fine Arts
Named collection:  G. Haines Collection
Collector:  Haines, Geoffrey
Maker:  Probus; Ticinum
Denomination:  Antoninianus
Place made:  Europe: Italy, Lombardy, Pavia
Culture:  Roman
Date made:  276-282
Metal:  Billon
Diameter (cm):  2.20
Weight (g):  3.24
Axis (degrees):  180.00
Provenance:  Haines 12. W. S. Lincoln, 1923.
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Description:  Obverse: Head of Probus, wearing radiate crown and beard, draped and cuirassed, facing r. Reverse: Sol, naked but cloaked and radiate, standing frontally, head facing l., raising r. and holding globe in l.

Inscriptions:  Obverse: IMP C M HVR PROBVS HVG (Imperator Caesar Marcus Aurelius Probus Augustus). Reverse: CONSE-R-VHI HVC (Protector of the Emperor). In Exergue: TXXT

Bibliography:  RIC V 348

Notes:  In accordance with RIC, the TXXT in the exergue of the reverse are mintmarks indicating Ticinum.

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Haines, Geoffrey Colton
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Ticinum



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