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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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