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Numismatics

ID number:  BIRBI-R2153
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):  2.40
Weight (g):  3.89
Axis (degrees):  180.00
Provenance:  Haines 899. Presented by Mr Percy H. Webb, 1925.
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Description:  Obverse: Head of Probus, wearing radiate crown and beard, cuirassed and wearing imperial mantle, holding spear, facing l. Reverse: Sol, naked but cloaked and radiate, standing frontally, head facing l., raising r. and holding globe in l.

Inscriptions:  Obverse: VI-RTVS PRORI HVC (The Courage of Probus Augustus). Reverse: CONSE-R-VHT HVC (Protector of the Emperor). In Exergue: TXVT

Bibliography:  RIC V 351

Notes:  In accordance with RIC, the TX[X]T in the exergue of the reverse are mintmarks indicating Ticinum.

3 Related People

Probus
Roman
236
282
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Haines, Geoffrey Colton
British
1899
1981-09-14
Ticinum



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