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Numismatics

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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