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ID number: BIRBI-R2182 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: Silver and base metal Diameter (cm): 2.40 Weight (g): 4.37 Axis (degrees): 180.00 Provenance: Haines 1304. W. S. Lincoln, 1931. |
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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: Mars, helmeted and in military attire, walking facing l., holding olive-branch in r. and spear and shield in l.; I in field, to l.
Inscriptions: Obverse: INP C PROBIIS HVC (Imperator Caesar Probus Augustus). Reverse: MHRT-I P-HCIF (Mars, the Peacemaker). In Exergue: QXXI
Bibliography: RIC V 508
Notes: Traces of silvering. In accordance with RIC, the QXXI in the exergue of the reverse and the I in the field of the reverse are mintmarks (officina) indicating Ticinum.
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