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ID number: BIRBI-R2155 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): 4.24 Axis (degrees): 0.00 Provenance: Haines 1556. W. S. Lincoln, 1932. |

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Description: Obverse: Head of Probus, wearing radiate crown and beard, cuirassed and wearing imperial mantle, holding sceptre surmounted by eagle, facing l. Reverse: Fides, draped, standing facing l., holding two ensigns.
Inscriptions: Obverse: IMP C M HVR PROBVS HVC (Imperator Caesar Marcus Aurelius Probus Augustus). Reverse: FIDE-S M-ILIT (Loyalty of the Soldiers). In Exergue: VIXXT
Bibliography: RIC V 364
Notes: In accordance with RIC, the VIXXT in the exergue of the reverse are mintmarks indicating Ticinum.
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