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ID number:  BIRBI-R2176
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):  2.40
Weight (g):  4.86
Axis (degrees):  180.00
Provenance:  Haines 1535. W. S. Lincoln, 1932.
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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: Salus, draped, standing facing r., feeding serpent in arms; V and * in field, to l. and r. respectively.

Inscriptions:  Obverse: IM-P C PROBVS HVC (Imperator Caesar Probus Augustus). Reverse: SHLVS HVG (To the Health of the Emperor). In Exergue: TXXI

Bibliography:  RIC V 499

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

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