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Numismatics ID number: BIRBI-R2159 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: Base metal Diameter (cm): 2.50 Weight (g): 4.17 Axis (degrees): 45.00 Provenance: Haines 2427. Presented by Mr H. H. Scullard, 1946. |
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Description: Obverse: Head of Probus, wearing radiate crown and beard, wearing cuirass and imperial mantle, holding sceptre surmounted by eagle, facing l. Reverse: Emperor, in military attire, standing facing r., holding vexillum (?) in l. and receiving globe from Jupiter, naked but cloaked, standing facing l., holding spear in l. Inscriptions: Obverse: IM-P C M HVR DROBVS HVC (Imperator Caesar Marcus Aurelius Probus Augustus). Reverse: IOVI CONSV-ΛVHT (Jupiter, the Protector). In Exergue: VXXT Bibliography: RIC V 386 var. Notes: In accordance with RIC, the VXXT in the exergue of the reverse are mintmarks indicating Ticinum. As opposed to RIC, this coin has a different obverse type for the bust (H instead of A, F, or G). |
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3 Related People | |
| Haines, Geoffrey Colton British 1899 1981-09-14 | |
| Probus Roman 236 282 | |
| Ticinum | |
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