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ID number: BIRBI-R2153 Object type: Coin
Institution: The Barber Institute of Fine Arts Named collection: G. Haines Collection Collector: Haines, Geoffrey; Webb, Percy H. 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.
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