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ID number: BIRBI-R2185 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): 2.30 Weight (g): 4.33 Axis (degrees): 135.00 Provenance: Haines 1899. Ex Rev. E. A. Sydenham Collection, 1935. |
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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: Securitas, draped, standing facing l., leaning on column with legs crossed, r. raised to head; I in field, to r.
Inscriptions: Obverse: IMP C PROBVS HVC (Imperator Casear Probus Augustus). Reverse: SECVRIT PERP (To Perpetual Security). In Exergue: VIXXI
Bibliography: RIC V 525
Notes: In accordance with RIC, the VIXXI in the exergue of the reverse and the I in the field of the reverse are mintmarks (officina) indicating Ticinum.
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