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Numismatics

ID number:  BIRBI-R2169
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):  2.30
Weight (g):  3.83
Axis (degrees):  0.00
Provenance:  Haines 1308. W. S. Lincoln, 1931.
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Description:  Obverse: Head of Probus, wearing radiate crown and bearded, wearing cuirass and imperial mantle, holding sceptre surmounted by eagle, facing l. Reverse: Concordia, draped, standing facing l., holding two ensigns; E in field, to l.

Inscriptions:  Obverse: IM-P C PROBVS P F HVG (Imperator Caesar Probus Pius Felix Augustus). Reverse: CONC-ORD MILIT (Harmony of the Soldiers). In Exergue: PXXI

Bibliography:  RIC V 479

Notes:  In accordance with RIC, the PXXI in the exergue of the reverse and the E in the field of the reverse are mintmarks (officina) indicating Ticinum.

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