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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.
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