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Numismatics

ID number:  BIRBI-R2206
Object type:  Coin
Institution:  The Barber Institute of Fine Arts
Named collection:  G. Haines Collection
Collector:  Haines, Geoffrey
Maker:  Probus; Siscia
Denomination:  Antoninianus
Place made:  Europe: Croatia, Sisak
Culture:  Roman
Date made:  276-282
Metal:  Silver and base metal
Diameter (cm):  2.20
Weight (g):  3.43
Axis (degrees):  0.00
Provenance:  Haines 2434. Presented by Mr H. H. Scullard, 1946.
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Description:  Obverse: Head of Probus, wearing radiate crown and beard, cuirassed, facing r. Reverse: Pax, draped, standing facing l., holding olive-branch in r. and sceptre in l.; T in field, to r.

Inscriptions:  Obverse: IMP C PROBVS P F AVC (Imperator Caesar Probus Pius Felix Augustus). Reverse: P-H-X H-VG (Imperial Peace). In Exergue: XXI

Bibliography:  RIC V 706

Notes:  Traces of silvering. In accordance with RIC, the XXI in the exergue of the reverse and the T in the field of the reverse are mintmarks (officina) indicating Siscia.

3 Related People

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Haines, Geoffrey Colton
British
1899
1981-09-14
Probus
Roman
236
282
Siscia
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