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ID number: BIRBI-R2162 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): 2.30 Weight (g): 3.76 Axis (degrees): 135.00 Provenance: Haines 1542. W. S. Lincoln, 1932. |
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Description: Obverse: Head of Probus, wearing radiate crown and beard, draped and cuirassed, facing r. Reverse: Emperor, draped, standing facing r., receiving Victory from Roma, draped and helmeted, seated facing l. on wheel, holding Victory in r. and spear in l.
Inscriptions: Obverse: IMP C M HVR PROBVS HVC (Imperator Caesar Marcus Aurelius Probus Augustus). Reverse: ROMAE HET-ER (Eternal Rome). In Exergue: QXXT
Bibliography: RIC V 407
Notes: In accordance with RIC, the QXXT in the exergue of the reverse are mintmarks indicating Ticinum.
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