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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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