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ID number: BIRBI-R2195 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): 2.50 Weight (g): 4.27 Axis (degrees): 135.00 Provenance: Haines 1536. W. S. Lincoln, 1932. |
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Description: Obverse: Head of Probus, wearing radiate crown and beard, cuirassed, facing r. Reverse: Securitas, draped, standing facing l., leaning on column with legs crossed, r. raised to head.
Inscriptions: Obverse: IMP C PROBVS HVC (Imperator Caesar Probus Augustus). Reverse: SECVRIT PERP (To Perpetual Security). In Exergue: ΓXXI
Bibliography: RIC V 573
Notes: In accordance with RIC, the ΓXXI in the exergue of the reverse are mintmarks indicating Ticinum.
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